Lukas Malte Hoffmann + Susan Kooi
Midsummer Rose
2021

Installation, rose bush (juhannusruusu), growing lights (set to daylight hours of June 2020), faux strawberries, window paint, restoration of the former gallery floor, fanzine.

Contributions by Man Yau (ceramic work), Susan Ploetz (LARP), Malibu (sound work), Feminist Culture House (text and pictures in fanzine).

Exhibited at Outo Olo (Helsinki)
https://outo.space/midsummer-rose/

The exhibition is centered around a rosebush. Greenhouse lights installed in the gallery recreate the day-night rhythm of the midsummer period of 2020.

Featured on:
https://tzvetnik.online/article/midsummer-rose-group-show-at-outo-olo-helsinki
https://www.aqnb.com/2021/04/12/magical-storytelling-mementos-for-a-lost-season-in-the-midsummer-rose-group-exhibition/
https://kubaparis.com/archive/midsummer-rose
https://no-niin.com/issue-2/a-midsummer-encounter/

Supported by:

Stiftelse Pro Artibus
Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
Taiteen edistämiskeskus
VALOYA Oy