2 – 17 December 2023

MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre
Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki
Open: tue-fri 12-17, sat-sun 12-16

Opening of the exhibition Friday 1 December 2023 at 17-19. Welcome! 
At 17:15: Welcome speeches – Juhani Räisänen, chairperson of MUU, and Timo Tähkänen.
Performance.

The artist will also be present on Saturday 9 December from 12 – 4 pm. Presentation of the exhibition in  Finnish at 1 pm.

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The Pink Gym exhibition is based on the questions: What kind of bodies are  welcome in the gyms? Is it okay to be loved and accepted as you are in the gym?  What is the ideal body and what are the means to achieve it? Could training be  thought of as care?

The exhibition consists of images based on Tähkänen’s performances for the  camera, which together with the other objects form a yoga-like installation. The  exhibition also includes the performance presented at the opening and an artist’s meeting to discuss the themes of the exhibition.

The Pink Gym exhibition project began during meetings of Tähkänen and their personal trainer at the gym in 2023. Themes of the exhibition began to expand as  Tähkänen interpreted their experiences at the gym and discussed them with other  queer people.

Timo Tähkänen is a Helsinki-based visual artist who often works with installations  and performances. Tähkänen is currently studying for a PhD in Fine Arts at the  University of the Arts, Helsinki. In his research, he explores listening as a starting  point for artwork and as an attitude towards teaching from a queer perspective. The  Pink Gym exhibition will be examined as part of Tähkänen’s PhD thesis.