Belly-up Dream (Dog or Fish?) | Kristoffer ala Ketola exhibition

Until 20 December the last sixth exhibition of the programme "Belly-up Dream (Dog or Fish?)" is open at Kaunas Artists' House, featuring works by Finnish artist Kristoffer Ala-Ketola.

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In the exhibition the artist Kristoffer Ala-Ketola dives into themes of body horror, mistake, and death, unraveling the fragile paradoxes of existence. With haunting precision, the works in the exhibition weave a narrative of desire, vulnerability, and resilience, inviting everyone to confront the disquieting edges of humanity and the unknown.

In the exhibition sculptural forms, videos, and painted surfaces echo the fragmented shapes of exoskeletons and medieval armor—structures meant to shield, but here, they fail or dissolve, revealing the gaps and wounds within. These protective shells, rather than ensuring safety, expose the space between containment and collapse, strength and decay. Holes punctuate the works, disrupting their integrity, and invite everyone to peer into voids that evoke both terror and fascination.

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Exhibition working hours:
Until 8 January (except 23-27 December)
Mon–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 12pm–4pm.

▏Curator of the exhibition: Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė
▏Exhibition technician: Laura Skučaitė
▏The architects of the exhibition space: Matas Šatūnas and Laura Kaminskaitė
▏Visual graphics: Kornelija Zizaitė

The event is part of the project "Belly-up Dream (Dog or Fish?)". The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Exhibition is supported by Frame - advocate for Finnish contemporary art.