Flis Holland
Fit Test is an audio work co-written by Ilona Sagar and Flis Holland. It is to be experienced in the Paimio chair, a seat originally designed to aid breathing in tuberculosis patients. The audio piece weaves together personal and historical narratives, and is structured through the archival cataloguing system used to organise photographic records in the Paimio Sanatorium archives. The work navigates fragmented registers of voice, memory, and medical bureaucracy.
Bio
Flis Holland (UK/FI) uses video and audio tours to track collisions of trans, crip and celestial bodies. Their work tries to loosen the link between seeing a body and knowing it, and to explore strategic uses of refusal. In 2025, Holland’s public sound work 25/7 was made for the City of Helsinki, in collaboration with composer Juuli Haverinen. They were a guest artist in Everyday Priorities: Art, Technology & Accommodations by Metro54 (NL) and M-cult (FI). Holland’s solo show Off-Colour was at Helsinki Art Museum in 2023; recent group shows include LIAF 2024, Oulu Art Museum, Pori Biennial and exhibition platform Pitted Dates.
