Jani Ruscica at Kunsthalle Helsinki

Jani Ruscica’s extensive solo show No Dot on the I has opened at Kunsthalle Helsinki and runs through 5 June 2022. In Ruscica’s art the relationship between signs, objects and concepts is an unstable one. Their works evade straightforward interpretation and binary categories, and thrive in a space where they can enjoy freedom of movement. The exhibition is curated by Piia Oksanen.

“In the video work No Dot on the I (2021), materials and sounds test out their own qualities; their legibility and nameability. About Us (refrain to refrain) (2022), a new video to be premiered at Kunsthalle Helsinki, detaches from linguistic communication to rely instead on voice and bodily expression. (…) The wall paintings adapt to the architecture – expanding and stretching out according to the dimensions of the building. The sunlight filtering through the windows projects images into the space, fluid ones, that keep shifting and changing, depending on the time of day and intensity of the light.”


Image: Jani Ruscica, No Dot on the I (still), 2021, 4K video, stereo sound, 10’36” loop