Mood Ring

Minjee Hwang Kim
at MAA-tila in 6–23. October

I once read in a book that sharks must keep swimming to stay alive as that is the only way to receive oxygen to their lungs. This information impressed me so much that I vowed that the shark would forever be my spirit animal. I shared this fascinating shark fact with my friend. I told my friend:
“I want to be a shark! Did you know that they can never stop swimming?”, My friend didn’t think the shark fact was that awesome and said, ” You are not a shark! You are a goldfish!” 

I thought being a shark was like being an artist. The only way to live as a shark is to keep swimming. And the only way to live as an artist is to keep creating. And I lack self-confidence. No matter what I make, I will hate it for absolutely no other reason than that it is me who created it. Yet I keep making art, because it keeps me alive. But it also keeps me hating myself. I once read that goldfish have really bad memories. Maybe I should be a goldfish. Then I can forget about myself in three seconds, and make art again. It’d be easier if I could forget.

Minjee Hwang Kim (b.1991, she/her) is a visual artist from Seoul, South Korea, and now in Helsinki, Finland. Her artistic interest lies in the idea of home and migration based on her personal history. In MAA-tila, Kim presents “Mood Ring” reflecting and echoing emotions to one’s own.

Exhibition/Näyttely:
6th–23rd October

Opening hours/Aukioloajat:
Wed–Fri 14:00-18:00
Sat–Sun 13:00–17:00

Opening party of the exhibition is on 5th of October.

A warm welcome everyone, lämpimästi tervetuloa kaikille 

Pääskylänrinne 10 00500 Helsinki
MAA-tila is a project space, place for discussion, for exhibitions, for encounters and for spatial experiments.
Accessibility Information:
MAA-tila project space is located 350m from Sörnainen metro station & 250m from bus stops 2409, 2413 & 2411.
There is Zone 2 on-street parking directly outside the gallery.
The entrance to MAA-tila project space is on street level with thresholds of up to 6cm at the entrance, and a door width of 77cm. The toilet has a 2cm threshold but is not spacious enough to meet accessibility standards. The nearest accessible toilet is located 50m away at Sörkan Ruusu, however, their ramp is only available on request, and during opening hours.

MAA-tila on projektitila; paikka keskustelulle, kohtaamiselle, näyttelyille ja tilallisille kokeiluille.
Saavutettavuustiedot:
– MAA-tila on 350 metrin päässä Sörnäisten metroasemalta, sekä 250 metrin päässä linja-autojen 2409, 2413 & 2411 pysäkistä.
– Gallerian edessä on 2. vyöhykkeen pysäköintiruutuja.
– MAA-tila on katutasossa. Sisään tullessa kynnys on enimmillään 6 cm korkea, ja ovi on 77 cm leveä. WC:ssä on 2 cm korkuinen kynnys, mutta se ei ole tarpeeksi tilava, jotta saavutettavuuskriteerit täyttyisivät. Lähin esteetön WC on 50 metrin päässä, Sörkän Ruusu ravintolassa, mutta heidän ramppinsa on saatavilla vain pyynnöstä ja ravintolan aukioloaikoina.

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