Verbal Art is back after a short hiatus - I could not keep up with my schedule...

I have my first ever return guest on the podcast, Harriina Räinä, this time I visit her solo exhibition Volatile Shells in Hippolyte Studio in Helsinki (check Verbal Art episode 5 for my first interview with Harriina, in Helsinki Art Museum). She explains how she is continuing her research on relationships between humans and animals, currently in an ongoing three-part exhibition series with oysters as subject matter, and we get to learn a lot about oysters! We discuss how people relate differently to different types of animal remains, the practicality of protecting your soft tissue behind a hard shell, and how reflections on non-human agency is a very human approach to empathy.

Harriina's website

Harriina's Instagram

Hippolyte Gallery's website

Cité internationale des Arts residency

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