{"id":65542,"date":"2026-09-15T12:53:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=65542"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:01:04","slug":"exhibition-opening-embodying-a-building-bodies-in-aalto-buildings","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/exhibition-opening-embodying-a-building-bodies-in-aalto-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Opening &#8211; Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>You are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibition Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings on Saturday 3 October at 6:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/exhibition-catalogues\/2026-embodying-a-building-en\/\">EXHIBITION CATALOGUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">This exhibition explores the relationship between the human body and Aalto buildings through the work of contemporary artists Elina Brotherus (FI), Dafna Maimon (FI) and Ilona Sagar (UK). The artists have spent extended periods in the buildings, living in them, talking to the people who worked in them, and incorporating the spaces into their own artistic practice.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\n<p>Across their works, the buildings are approached as more than static objects: the body and the building form a symbiotic relationship, each shaping the other and carrying the traces and memories of the other. Together, the works offer a deeper and broader perspective on the Aaltos\u2019 architecture, one that moves beyond traditional forms of analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\n<p>Curated by Sabina Westerholm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/embodying-a-building-bodies-in-aalto-buildings\/\">More information about the exhibition &#8211; read here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/opening-hours-and-accessibility\/\"><em>Read about accessibility in The Nordic House.<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br \/>\n<i>Cover photo: Elina Brotherus, Watering plants from the series In the Architect\u2019s House, 2020<\/i><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibition Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings on Saturday 3 October at 6:00 PM. EXHIBITION CATALOGUE This exhibition explores the relationship between the human body and Aalto buildings through the work of contemporary artists Elina Brotherus (FI), Dafna Maimon (FI) and Ilona Sagar (UK). The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65518,"template":"","event-categories":[60],"class_list":["post-65542","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-all-events","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/65542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=65542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}