Doors open at 18:00
\nGuided tour of the exhibition in English by director Sabina Westerholm at 19:30
\nConcert with Olli Arni and Okkyung Lee starts at 20:30<\/p>\n
Guided tour<\/strong><\/h3>\nLand Beyond the Sea is a group exhibition. The dialogue between art and fantasy lies at the heart of this group exhibition featuring five Finnish artists who share their ideas and dreams of a better world. Besides immersing us in a world of pining and daydreams, the exhibition also looks at what happens when realities collide. It also raises the question: whose experiences are valuable?<\/p>\n
During the Museum Night on Friday 7th<\/sup> of February the Director of The Nordic House, Sabina Westerholm, will give a guided tour of the exhibition. The guided tour will be in English and it starts 19.30. Free entrance.<\/p>\nMusicians<\/h3>\n
Performing on Museum Night are cellist Okkyung Lee and kantele player Olli Aarni that have during the last few days carried out a mentor program by Forecast at The Nordic House. Okkyung Lee will perform an improvised piece on the cello and after Olli Aarni\u00a0will play the traditional Finnish instrument kantele and electronics.<\/p>\n
Olli Aarni<\/strong> is a self-taught musician from Finland. His texturally rich music weaves acoustic and electronic sounds into one harmonic mass. In his performance at the Nordic House, he will play the traditional Finnish instrument kantele and electronics. Aarni’s music has been released on four continents by labels like Flau and Longform Editions, and he has performed in various European countries and in Japan. He also works with sound poetry, plant sonification, skateboarding, and literature.<\/p>\nRead more here<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\")
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Okkyung Lee<\/strong> is a cellist, composer, and improviser who moves freely between artistic disciples and contingencies. Since moving to New York in 2000 she has worked in disparate contexts as a solo artist and collaborator with creators in a wide range of disciplines. A native of South Korea, Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations\u2014including noise, improvisation, jazz, western classical, and the traditional and popular music of her homeland\u2014and used them to forge a highly distinctive approach. Her curiosity and a determined sense of exploration guide the work she has made in disparate contexts. Okkyung Lee is a mentor in the Forecast mentoring program for aspiring musicians.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She has appeared on more than 30 albums, including a diverse variety of recordings as a leader, whether the acclaimed solo improvisation effort Ghil, produced by Norwegian sound artist Lasse Marhaug for Ideologic Organ\/Editions Mego, or composition-driven collections like Noisy Love Songs (for George Dyer), released by Tzadik. In 2018 she released Cheol-Kkot-Sae (Steel Flower Bird), an ambitious piece drawing upon free improvisation and traditional Korean music that was commissioned for the 2016 Donaueschingen Festival by SWR2, where she collaborated with western improvisers Marhaug, John Butcher, Ches Smith, and John Edwards along with Pansori vocalist Song-Hee Kwon and traditional percussionist Jae-Hyo Chang. She currently leads an intricately nuanced Yeo-Neun Quartet featuring harpist Maeve Gilchrist, pianist Jacob Sacks, and bassist Eivind Opsvik that explores the lyrical side of her writing<\/p>\n
Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Musical mentor program Forecast<\/h3>\n
Forecast offers artists and creative thinkers from anywhere in the world the chance to work with accomplished mentors toward bringing their projects to fruition. Forecast transcends neatly defined disciplines and genres to provide insight into creative production processes and carve out space for the questions on the minds of the next generation of trailblazers. Forecast is now having an open call for new mentoring programs. Is this something for you? Then follow the link below:<\/p>\n
Musicians<\/h3>\n
Performing on Museum Night are cellist Okkyung Lee and kantele player Olli Aarni that have during the last few days carried out a mentor program by Forecast at The Nordic House. Okkyung Lee will perform an improvised piece on the cello and after Olli Aarni\u00a0will play the traditional Finnish instrument kantele and electronics.<\/p>\n
Olli Aarni<\/strong> is a self-taught musician from Finland. His texturally rich music weaves acoustic and electronic sounds into one harmonic mass. In his performance at the Nordic House, he will play the traditional Finnish instrument kantele and electronics. Aarni’s music has been released on four continents by labels like Flau and Longform Editions, and he has performed in various European countries and in Japan. He also works with sound poetry, plant sonification, skateboarding, and literature.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n Okkyung Lee<\/strong> is a cellist, composer, and improviser who moves freely between artistic disciples and contingencies. Since moving to New York in 2000 she has worked in disparate contexts as a solo artist and collaborator with creators in a wide range of disciplines. A native of South Korea, Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations\u2014including noise, improvisation, jazz, western classical, and the traditional and popular music of her homeland\u2014and used them to forge a highly distinctive approach. Her curiosity and a determined sense of exploration guide the work she has made in disparate contexts. Okkyung Lee is a mentor in the Forecast mentoring program for aspiring musicians.<\/p>\n She has appeared on more than 30 albums, including a diverse variety of recordings as a leader, whether the acclaimed solo improvisation effort Ghil, produced by Norwegian sound artist Lasse Marhaug for Ideologic Organ\/Editions Mego, or composition-driven collections like Noisy Love Songs (for George Dyer), released by Tzadik. In 2018 she released Cheol-Kkot-Sae (Steel Flower Bird), an ambitious piece drawing upon free improvisation and traditional Korean music that was commissioned for the 2016 Donaueschingen Festival by SWR2, where she collaborated with western improvisers Marhaug, John Butcher, Ches Smith, and John Edwards along with Pansori vocalist Song-Hee Kwon and traditional percussionist Jae-Hyo Chang. She currently leads an intricately nuanced Yeo-Neun Quartet featuring harpist Maeve Gilchrist, pianist Jacob Sacks, and bassist Eivind Opsvik that explores the lyrical side of her writing<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Forecast offers artists and creative thinkers from anywhere in the world the chance to work with accomplished mentors toward bringing their projects to fruition. Forecast transcends neatly defined disciplines and genres to provide insight into creative production processes and carve out space for the questions on the minds of the next generation of trailblazers. Forecast is now having an open call for new mentoring programs. Is this something for you? Then follow the link below:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/thumbnail_79491528_2503178116596427_2560701132993200128_o-640x360.jpg\")
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