Hinni Huttunen & Illusia Juvani "INSTITUTION" på #ArtWindow#Fridhemsplan

DUO Contradiction #ArtWindowAtFridhemsplan presents project:

INSTITUTION – anti-heteronormative manifesto in three chapters

CHAPTER II: UNION

by HUTTUNEN & JUVANI

Vernissage on 3rd of July 2021 at 14-17!
WELCOME!

INSTITUTION – anti-heteronormative manifesto in three chapters is a project that hacks into the power structures within the heteronormative society just to abandon them.

On display in Duo Contradiction Gallery, the artists exhibit a portrait titled UNION and the second chapter of the manifesto. The work is a collaboration between Hinni Huttunen and Illusia Juvani.

Hinni Huttunen (b.1990, Pieksämäki, Finland) is a visual artist who works mainly with video and photography. In her artistic practice, she feels passionate about portraiture, gazing & being gazed at, extreme measures and trendy colors. Huttunen graduated as Master of Fine Arts from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden in 2018.

Illusia Juvani (b.1988, Ylitornio, Finland) is a queer trans non-binary activist. The young artist of the year 2018. As a child their idol was Ursula from the Little Mermaid. They currently live and work in Helsinki, Finland.

The project is supported by Finnish Cultural Foundation.

INSTITUTION – anti-heteronormative manifesto in three chapters

Chapter II:
UNION

We deeply regret our announcement of deciding to engage ourselves to be married. We are no longer getting married as we find taking over the symbols of heteronormativity reductive. And most importantly: we are not interested in this performance that is based on compulsory heterosexuality.

Instead of recycling these old stereotypes we shifted our perspective and have now decided to take an almost completely different route. We are not going to talk or think about things that revolve around heteronormativity and straight people anymore. Therefore we have changed the initial chapter title MARRIAGE to UNION. This new chapter title portrays more clearly what we want our work and this manifesto to represent.

From now on we are only going to bring forth work that highlights queer love, solidarity, emancipation, the destruction of relationship hierarchy and something new.

Sincerely yours,
HUTTUNEN & JUVANI

Contact:

Hinni Huttunen
[email protected]
www.hinnihuttunen.com

Illusia Juvani
[email protected]
www.illusiajuvani.wordpress.com

#ArtWindowAtFridhemsplan is a gallery project by non-profit artist’s organization DUO Contradiction. The gallery is a display window at the entrance of subway station Fridhemsplan with the address Drottningholmsvägen 28, 112 42 Stockholm.

The gallery has been functional since December 2020 and have shown 14 Swedish based artists already.

Exhibition by Hinni Huttunen and Illusia Juvani will be the first one of international artist and we are proud to show such a grate project.

You can find more information about DUO Contradiction at https://www.duocontradiction.com/.

DUO Contradiction is Supported by Sveriges konstföreningar https://sverigeskonstforeningar.nu/ and Ideel KulturAllians https://www.ideellkultur.com/.