145. Vesa Loikas - Kulturvillan

Address

Helga Hovings stig 6
22100 Mariehamn

Genre

Photography, Graphic art, Sound art, Spatial art

Information about the artist / the group

Vesa Loikas is a photographer and visual artist who also works with multimedia and augmented reality. In his work, he explores the human condition through the interaction between people, architecture, and landscape, often in collaboration with other artists.

In recent years, he has collaborated with choreographer and dancer Maria Nurmela. Their short film Echoes was nominated for the Prix Lumière in Canada. Their multidisciplinary project Entanglement will premiere at Kiasma in October 2026 and has previously been presented in Vienna, Oslo, and Turku. Skogsvaktarna (The Forest Guardians) was first presented as part of the City of Turku's 2025 pop-up art program.

Program during Konstrundan

At Kulturvillan, Mariehamn Forest Guardians, a portable art portfolio combining photographs from the Vaarniemi oak grove with AR technology and somatic movement tasks is presented in Swedish for the first time. The work invites participants to cross the boundary between the visible and the invisible, where dance, movement and sound weave into the imagery of the forest. Suitable for all ages, no prior experience required.