23.1. - 13.3. 2021
Thu, Fri and Sat 14.00-18.00 or by appointment
We often pay more attention to the differences between cultures and religions rather than to their similarities. Sacred sites are found everywhere in the world. It is a divine experience that attracts curious people and pilgrims to visit these sites. In the end, people share the same dreams, wishes and fears.
To make this exhibition, Ulla Shemeikka has visited and photographed several sacred sites. The photographs depicting prayer notes - written messages in the walls - have been taken in Turkey and Israel. In these photographs, the various features of different cultures become equal.
Shemeikka has also visited the places where it is believed that Saint Nicholas had lived. Saint Nicholas was a real person who lived during the third and fourth centuries. His legacy is partly factual, partly fictional. Following his footsteps, she illustrates the saint’s biography.
In her photographs, the landscape connects past and present. The details of these historical sites like columns and ornaments draw a line between the time of Saint Nicholas and imagination. In that process, history comes alive. The photographs that appear in it have been taken in the regions of Turkey, Palestine and Italy. These images are inspired by curiosity towards different cultures and religions.
Dr. Hanna Tervanotko
Photographer Ulla Shemeikka (born 1969 in Kuopio, Finland) lives and works in Helsinki. Shemeikka has held several solo exhibitions including in Belgium, Finland, Germany and Turkey. She has taken part in several group exhibitions in Finland and elsewhere in Europe. Shemeikka studied photography at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki (MA 2001) and painting at Kankaanpää Art School.
This exhibition takes place in the frame of HANGAR PhotoBrussels Festival https://www.hangar.art/pbf
Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel 2019
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