Tellervo Kalleinen

Public Space / Art in Buildings

 

  • Oodi Y:lle / Ode to Y

    2024 On its 35th anniversary, Y-Säätiö Foundation commissioned me and Oliver to create a public artwork involving its residents. Y-Säätiö promotes social justice by offering affordable rental apartments. The foundation is the largest nationwide non-profit landlord in Finland and an international expert in fighting homelessness. Ode to Y consists of five mosaic-covered tables – there are two of…

  • KESKUSTELUPUISTO / COMMON GROUND PARK – A Public Space Game

    A unique artistic experiment of transforming an abandoned plot of land into a public park in the Finnish town of Rauma. In 2019 thirty residents between the ages of 6 and 89 became players in a two-year-long “Public Space Game”. Their mission was to turn their 30 individual visions into one urban park. The playful…

  • 9 CARTUCHOS – PAPERBAG STORIES FROM CUBA

    Installation @ Havana Biennale, Cuba, 2019 Kalleinen & Kochta-Kalleinen commissioned nine local writers and thinkers to write a speech about Cuba – using a paper bag as a reference point. An edition of 9 paper bags with excerpts of each of the speeches were printed on 100.000 bags. The bags are distributed over the period…