HEREish
25.11.2025
Red Books
25.11.2025
Nestori Syrjälä
Time → Xx.Xx.2025 at Xx–Yy am/pm
Location → Osoite/paikka, Oulu
The work revolves around a character who roams around Oulu and whose words cannot be trusted. The character spreads made‑up stories, rumours, and urban legends. They have many names and backstories, but no agenda – they tell tall tales simply for the joy of telling them.
Reliable information and truth are often quite straightforward – sometimes even a little dull. Stories, rumours, lies, and performing a role, on the other hand, stir emotions and spark the imagination. Trust is calm; distrust is intense. The work explores the theme of trust and distrust within the social situations surrounding Oulu’s European Capital of Culture project.
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Artist:
Nestori Syrjälä
Nestori Syrjälä Nestori Syrjälä works with themes related to ecological crises and alternative futures, using a wide range of media from sculpture to performance. In Syrjälä’s works, diverse, societal, and personal subjects dissolve and blend into one another. In recent years, his works have been exhibited at venues such as Basel Social Club, the Kiasma collection exhibition, the Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, and the Athens Conservatory.
