After traveling through "the woods" since May 26th, we finally returned to Helsinki last week and were gifted our first free weekend to settle in and do some much needed laundry. Saturday afternoon, several of the graduate students walked to the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, designed by Steven Holl. After spending last semester reading a lot of Steven Holl's ideas on Phenomenology, I was anxious to experience a work of his. The experience greatly surpassed my expectations. While I have never thought myself to be a great writer, even the best, I think, would lack sufficient words to describe the poetry of space in Kiasma. Light, shadow, texture, color, materiality, undulating forms and movement - a place I will no doubt return to many times while in Helsinki.
Skateboarder paradise near the cafe entrance.
Entry Hall from second floor.
A stunning exhibit by Denise Grunstein.
Textured concrete made by wood forms - a nod to Finnish culture.
Rear auditorium wall wrapped in cerulean velvet panels, asking to be touched.
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