Prasiit Sthapin teossarja (KPPA – Äkki22)

Prasiit Sthapitin Jyväskylän residenssissä kuvaaman teossarjan Hidden Places teokset ovat myös myytävänä*.
Teoksia voi tilata kahdessa koossa:
30 x 26 cm = 80e 
70 x 60 cm = 200e
Teokset tulostetaan laadukkaalle Canson Infinity Rag Photographique-paperille Epson Pro 7900-tulostimella.

Lisätietoja ja tilaukset: akkigalleria(at)gmail.com

*This offer is does not include shipping.

"A PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE ALLEYS OF KATHMANDU

Photography: Kathmandu is Prasiit Sthapit's muse but what will he find in Jyväskylä?"

Article in today's (26.09.2013) Keskisuomalainen written by Anssi Kaarlo Koskinen, photograph by Juho Jäppinen.

Today is also the opening of the Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual and Prasiit's images of Jyväskylä are already up. The exhibition is on display until October 2nd.

Hidden Places – Prasiit Sthapit

Prastiit Sthapit, Hidden Places, Jyväskylä 2013

This is too beautiful. Disgustingly beautiful. In the haze of this picturesque postcard, blended with cheesy quotes about nature or god- I seek silence. That is my aim. I seek my own world, far from reality, far from dreams I have had. A new place that will exist in this paper and in my mind's eye.

I want to bring you closer with the help of those liars - words. But then again, images lie, light is a liar. Truth is what you make of the lies put together.

I would rather tell you my lies than have you believe in 'reality'.

   –Prasiit Sthapit

Part of Prasiit Sthapit's series Hidden Places will be shown in the Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual opening on Thursday September 26th at 6:30pm.

Prasiit Sthapit is a young Nepali photographer and Hidden Places was made during a three week residency in Jyväskylä, Finland.

The Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual is brought to you by Äkkigalleria, The Centre for Creative Photography and the Valon Kaupunki Jyväskylä event, in association with the Jyväskylä Art Museum, the Jyväskylä Theatre, the Jyväskylä Symphony, the Craft Museum of Finland, the Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland.

Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual - Prasiit Sthapit

 photo: Juho Jäppinne

A solo exhibition by guest artist Prasiit Sthapit of Nepal shows photographs made during his 2 week residency in Jyväskylä.
The exhibition will be on display in the cultural announcement light-boxes along Kauppakatu in Kirkkopuisto (in front of the Kirkkopuisto Kioski), from Friday the 27th of September until Wednesday the 2nd of October.

Please join us for the exhibition opening on Thursday September 26th at 6:30pm.

The Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual is brought to you by Äkkigalleria, The Centre for Creative Photography and the Valon Kaupunki Jyväskylä event, in association with the Jyväskylä Art Museum, the Jyväskylä Theatre, the Jyväskylä Symphony, the Craft Museum of Finland, the Alvar Aalto Museum and the Museum of Central Finland.

Young Nepali Photographers

photo: Prasiit Sthapit

Young Nepali Photographers in Jyväskylä!
Äkkigalleria's Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual artist in residency, Prasiit Sthapit, has brought a selection of work by young artists from Nepal, with him to Jyväskylä on August 24th. 

The artists are :
Shikhar Bhattarai
Marina Menuka Lama
NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati
Prakash K.C.
Kishor K Sharma
Nirman Shrestha
Prasiit Sthapit
and the Nepal Picture Library (an initiative started by photo.circle to archive and restore old family photographs and the stories behind them.)

Never before seen in Jyväskylä, Never before in Finland and most probably also for the very first time in Europe, Äkkigalleria presents:
Äkkigalleria 21, "Young Nepali Photographers". Opening soon in a central location in Jyväskylä for three days at the end of August. As part of this event, Prasiit Sthapit will also give a short artist talk and presentation on the current Nepali photography scene. The events are open to the public and free of charge.

Äkkigalleria 21
Väinönkatu 28, Jyväskylä
open Friday and Saturday 1-7pm and Sunday 1-5pm
The opening will be held on Thursday August 29th from 5-7pm. 

Prasiit Sthapit will give an artist talk on Sunday September 1st at 3pm.

Everyone is welcome, the events are free of charge.

*The Kirkkopuisto Photo Annual residency is organized in collaboration with the Jyväskylä Centre for Creative Photography and the City of Light festival. The work made during this residency will be shown at the end of September as part of the City of Light festival at Kirkkopuisto. 

Äkki 20, SBK images

A few images taken during the installation yesterday and today just for a taste of what's to come. The opening is Wednesday July 31st from 4-6pm. Everyone is welcome!!

 

 Hélène Baril in front of her SBK mural in process.

 Piece by Matthew Scott Gualco for SBK.

SBK image by Hélène Baril.

Äkkigalleria 20 -SBK My Racing Car is Shell

Äkkigalleria 20 – SBK • My Racing Car is a Shell

August 1^st – 4^th, 2013

Väinönkatu 36, Jyväskylä

Äkkigalleria’s twentieth exhibition presents SBK, a group exhibition including work by six international artists.

SBK is an experimental, roaming, artistic platform developed by artist Hélène Baril during an artist residency at the Arteles Creative Centre, Finland, in 2011.  Since then SBK has driven through a dozen different countries, achieved numerous feats and collaborated with local artists in several main arts centres around Europe. Having made a full circle, SBK is back in Finland for the final sprint.

SBK is a car, a person and a world where poetry and common sayings come to life mixing with fantasy and adventure. It confuses fiction with reality, rally-cars with art and brings unlikely pairs together. Hélène Baril draws from a diverse array of artistic practices and forms of expression to embody the SBK entity. In this last sprint of 2013 at Äkkigalleria 20, SBK includes the work by 6 artists collected during an intense 6-month tour around Europe. The artists presented in this show are Hélène Baril, Laura Donkers, Alberto Martinez Centerera, Robert Prior Pitt, Matthew Scott Gualco and Lore Smolders.

This exhibition is organized in parallel to the infamous Neste Rally Finland which occurs each year in the city of Jyväskylä. The Neste Car Rally is one of the most prestigious car races of the world carrying with it thousands of rally fans who change the pace and atmosphere of this small city. The coincidence of SBK and the rally happening simultaneously in Jyväskylä brings two separate, isolated worlds so close they might touch. What will happen if they collide? Can two radically separate cultural events coexist in the same space?

Äkkigalleria invites you to discover SBK at the opening of Äkkigalleria 20, at Väinönkatu 36 on July 31^st from 4-6pm. The event is free of charge, everyone is welcome.

Äkkigalleria 20

SBK • My Racing Car is a Shell

August 1^st – 4^th, 2013, from 1-7pm daily (Sunday 1-5pm), free admission

Väinönkatu 36, Jyväskylä

The opening will be held on July 31^st, from 4 to 6 pm in the presence of SBK and artists.

Anna Ruth

Director/Curator

Juho Jäppinen

Assistant Director

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