29.5.—21.6.2026

The sculpture installation Semisanguineus contemplates its material being in the midst of various systems of naturalness and unnaturalness, as a bystander and a participant.

Semisanguineus refers to the colors of the red-gilled webcap (Cortinarius Semisanguineus.) Its half bloodred colours are used as a dye in the wood and plaster sculptures, as to the idea of ​​a sculpture being the maker of life and a vessel.

However, from the perspective of the material sculpture, it’s insignificant whether it’s dead or alive. Or at least as long as either one of these signifiers is considered a definition of some common participation. It just so happens that certain thoughts, gestures, beings, states of being, pseudo-living and pseudo-dead, including symbionts, growth directions and diagnoses, are closer to life and thus with foresight.

Starting points for Semisanguineus were the natural dye and special wood working experiments and processes alongside questions about the interaction between artistic authorship and temporality.

The sound design for the exhibition was composed by Harri Sippola.

Marno’s work has been supported by the Satakunta Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation. The exhibition has received project funding from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the Swedish Cultural Foundation Finland.

Thanks to Iikka Hakkio and Vilma Pesonen from Kankaanpää Art School for participating in the process.

Hanna Marno (b. 1981) is a sculptor and environmental artist who works and lives in Siikainen, Northern Satakunta. During the last few years of living in a small village, her diet has consisted of birch dust during breakfast and lunch. After a hard days of work, her dinner is more versatile: a portion of bohemian truffle for the muscles, aspen for the blood and dyeballs so she could see better. For supper she enjoys a cup of rye varnish and graphite porridge, as it provides the night a shelter. Dog ghost Mauri supervises the portions behind his bowl of delicatessen.

In her art, Marno observes landscapes, communities, their materialities and multilingualisms proposing encounters of different environments. Marno’s artistic approach is landscape-based and communal. Her art is presented in galleries and museums in group and solo exhibitions, as well as in various environments as temporary and public works. Her latest solo exhibition was held at the Taidehalli Häme in 2024, and a temporary environmental artwork, Édouard the Velvetfoot, was presented at the Pori Art Square in the Pori Art Museum’s program in 2024.

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