Welcome to an exhibition that illustrates 100-year-old Finland by presenting one object per each year of independence. 100 Objects from Finland tells about Finland and being Finnish through everyday, innovative and humorous examples.
The Aalto vase 1936, Mobira Cityman 1987, maternity box 2017…
Which object do you think represents being Finnish? Which object represents your year of birth?
100 Objects from Finland strives to describe the road that Finns have taken to reach this day. All objects have been Made in Finland and Designed in Finland, but most of all, they represent Life in Finland. Their stories address the climate, light, children, work, overcoming of obstacles, insight and joy.
About us:
The exhibition was curated by Anna Kortelainen and Pekka Toivanen. It was produced by the Finnish Institute in Estonia.
Anna Kortelainen is an author and art historian from Helsinki. She has written both fact and fiction, including scriptwriting exhibitions, narrative concerts and TV programmes. The object of her year of birth is an ABC book called Aikamme aapinen by Kirsi Kunnas.
Designer Pekka Toivanen has participated in creating various exhibitions and spaces, and he works as the director of Design Studio Muotohiomo in Helsinki. The hit product of his childhood was the Sarvispulkka sledge from 1967 that carried him as a baby during family ski trips on the ice of the archipelago of Rymättylä.
The Finnish Institute in Estonia was founded in 1991, the year that saw the plastic sauna whisk, the first GSM network in the world (by Radiolinja) that got started in Finland, and President Mauno Koivisto.
Since then, the Institute has promoted Finnish-Estonian cultural and linguistic cooperation and enforced connections between various fields of arts, education and the society.
These 100 objects will tour from Helsinki to Tallinn, Oslo, Madrid and Riga through the network of Finnish cultural and science institutes.
Helsinki from 23 March to 28 May 2017
Tallinn from 10 June to 20 August 2017
Oslo from 7 September to 30 October 2017
Madrid from 18 November to 14 January 2018
Riga from 15 February to 8 April 2018
In the Technical Museum of Oslo, the exhibition is organized by the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute, and in the Spanish National Museum of Decorative Arts by the Finnish Institute in Madrid.
Visual appearance: Design Studio Muotohiomo
Exhibition plan: Valge Kuup
Online exhibition: Haamer Ventures
Partners:
Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute Finno
Finnish Institute in Madrid
Design Museum, Helsinki
Maarjamae Castle of the Estonian History Museum, Tallinn
Technical Museum, Oslo
National Museum of Decorative Arts, Madrid
Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Latvia
Sponsors:
Finnish Society of Crafts and Design’s 100 Year Foundation
Alfred Kordelin Foundation
Finland 100
Ministry of Education and Culture
