The Shell Cracked

The exhibition cycle “The Shell Cracked” opened in January 2025, and the duo show presented at Korsnäs Library is the sixth and first one of 2026. The artistic body presented mainly features video art, sculptural installations and experimental poetry by the artist duo Hasaj-Gelain.

The work of visual poetry ‘A Veil of Reason over the Unconscious’, created for issue five of Kontradiktion journal, is screened alongside the biggest metal sculpture ‘Shell’ and the new floor installation ‘Crusted Surfaces’, which includes the exhibitions common thread — hammered metal sheets on rocks found in the forest, in this case integrated with modelled/engraved wax.

The topics probed by the artistic corpus focus on human inner apparatus and phenomena, seeking to stimulate perception and sensitivity through figuration, storytelling and expression with the lead~aid of scenery and natural elements, reminding the viewer of the coexistence and mutuality of which we are a part.

The title preludes a looming change, perhaps one that has already occurred that we are not yet aware of… alteration which cannot be reversed, only embraced.

“Accidentally shift the precarious ‘balances’ of the self and inner dynamics irremediably uncover are triggered, altering perception-conception of ourselves and others, weaving intersections of awareness that we may come across”.

The exhibition is supported by Svenska Kulturfonden, the video art was supported by Arts Promotion Center Finland and Tidskrift Kontradiktion.