Taneli Rautiainen (b. 1983) is a sculptor who uses space, sound and light as his materials. His architectural and sculptural site-specific installations challenge and play with the viewer’s perception. For New Narrative and Reader Rautiainen is creating a new site-specific installation that has been inspired by city lights and movement. A photograph taken of moving lights with long…

Camilla Vuorenmaa (b. 1979) is an artist who works with painting and wood carving. In her works she depicts people in still moments where holiness and everyday life encounter. In most of her works one can detect human figures but she would not describe them as portraits per se: “They are kind of portraits of humanity….

Bita Razavi (b. 1983) in a artist who works with photography, video art and performance. Razavi’s works deal with communication, collective memory and dialectics of private and public in different political and social situations. Her works are often based on a text, and video and photography are just different ways of narrating. She describes her works…

Sami Parkkinen (b. 1974) is a photographer who is investigating the need for a redefinition of society and humanity. Environmental and social themes are featured strongly in his art, trying to imagine a more natural relationship between humankind and nature.In the words of a Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski: “To see the world, one must first get rid of…

Karoliina Paappa (b. 1983) is a photographer whose works are filled with glossy picture characters who lure the viewer to enter the world of memories and stories. Paappa plays with colours and proportions making everyday life intertwine with illusions. Paappa is interested in similarities of basic human feelings and yearnings. For New Narrative and Reader she…

Janne Nabb (b. 1984) and Maria Teeri (b. 1985) are artists who examine in their often temporary works and projects the levels of artistic labour in the relationship with everyday society. They use methods of discovering, collecting and rediscovering, and experimenting with objects in their daily artistic practice. The physical matter they work with is…