As kids our fears are often easy to name. We are afraid of monsters, ghosts or, for example, a tree\u2019s shadow reaching towards us behind the window. As we get older our fears often get more abstract. The new amorphous anxieties create new unnamed phantoms, a sort of \u201cghost\u201d we can\u2019t name yet.\u00a0By photographing their ghost studies father and daughter have recognized that fears are often the mirror images of dreams. After familiarizing oneself with a ghost, one kind of tame the previously faceless creature, and turn it into a gateway to one\u2019s dreams.<\/p>\n
While researching the ghosts, father and daughter have spent long periods on the road together. On these trips, they have not only made new photos, but also organised dozens of performative exhibitions celebrating transience. What these short-term exhibitions had in common was, that they just popped up from nowhere without notice. Therefore the exhibition audience consisted of bypassers while all sorts of public spaces, like forests, ruins, and emptied swimming pools in the suburbs, were commissioned as galleries.<\/p>\n
Aki-Pekka and Astrid Sinikoski’s \u201cghost study\u201d began in 2011. The series is scheduled to be completed in 2058, when Aki-Pekka turns 80 and Astrid 50. So far, New Ghosts <\/em>has been exhibited on three continents. During autumn 2020 photographs from this series was exhibited among other places at the Photo Vogue Festival in Milan.<\/p>\n Aki-Pekka Sinikoski<\/strong> lives and works in Helsinki. As a portrait and documentary photographer, he is best known for his photo series Finnish Teens<\/em> (2011) and Last Machos<\/em> (2016). In his artistic processes, Sinikoski strives to capture the passing of time; as a result, projects are often lengthy and time-consuming. He is not looking for decisive moments but rather the stagnant feeling just after these moments. Sinikoski worked as the artistic director of the Helsinki Biennale from 2006 to 2009. In 2020, he made his debut as a children’s author with his work Under m\u00e5nen<\/em> (transl. Under the Moon, Schildts & S\u00f6derstr\u00f6ms). This longingly comforting and philosophical book tells a story of a child\u2019s life after his mother\u2019s death. Sinikoski hopes the book will bring light and warmth to where it is needed most.<\/p>\n Astrid Sinikoski<\/strong> is a seventh-grade high school student. She plays basketball, loves animals, and enjoys drawing. She has a joint punk and techno band with her father, Raidalliset Lapset (Engl. Striped Children). Admittedly, the band has never released anything other than punk, as neither has yet learned to play techno.<\/p>\n The exhibition is kindly supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnfoto, and Konstsamfundet.<\/p>\n www.sinikoski.com<\/a><\/p>\n Exhibition photos (click to enlarge!)<\/p>\n\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/turuntaidehalli.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/009_press_photo_Aki-Pekka_Sinikoski_with_Astrid_Sinikoski-1030x824.jpg\")
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