Exhibition
3-28 June 2025 at Kalliola Helsinki
Instinct and Intimacy
This two-part exhibition, featuring a photo installation and a video short, celebrates queer expression and energy. The exhibition explores queerness by looking at kink and the different forms of intimacy and confronting traditional gender roles and power dynamics. The photos are focused on intense rope play, trust and balance between pain and pleasure. The video is presenting non-normative behaviour that questions rightfulness and punishment. Both parts explore themes of nature and animalism.
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Kalliola and a part of Helsinki Pride.
The event is sponsored by Thai Vegan kitchen and Kåska.
Schedule
Opening day
Exhibition opening day is 2 June 2025 from 17:00 to 21:00. The opening day’s programme:
Pride month
After the opening day the exhibition is open for everyone during the following days:
Location
The exhibition is located at Kalliolan setlementtitalo.
About artists
Gennady Kurushin
Gennady Kurushin is a visual artist and designer with over 10 years of
professional experience. He has actively contributed to numerous grant-funded, non-profit projects that integrate art, culture, and social sciences. Gennady’s photographic work has been featured in multiple exhibitions and recognised with an award.
Sara Parikka
Sara Parikka is a queer rigger. For her, ropes are a way to connect with a person. A way to inflict pain and to make someone suffer, but at the same time, a way to create something aesthetically pleasing and beautiful.
Kirsikka
Kirsikka is a queer rope switch and performer, who as a rope bottom, wants to explore and challenge the possibilities and limits of their body and finds comfort through discomfort and pain. They are interested in exploring interfaces between BDSM practices and performance art