HELSIKI, FINLAND.- Kunsthalle Helsinki presents the MUU 18th Anniversary Exhibition, through March 6, 2005. Known as an innovative pioneer in the arts, the Artists’ Association Muu celebrates its coming of age in 2005 by organising an extensive anniversary exhibition.

The exhibition is curated by Riikka Ala-Harja, Maria Duncker, Minna Heikinaho and Kari Yli-Annala. They selected 27 members of the Association representing different areas of new media art. The artists in turn were asked to select a partner or team from any field of their choosing. Hence, apart from visual artists, the exhibition features contributions by sound artists, musicians, composers, set designers, an environmental aesthetician, an opera singer and an architect. The teams have now completed their challenging work and in February the public can see for themselves the results of partnerships, such as a team of a conceptual artist and an opera singer, or a sculptor and a biologist. All works in the exhibition are new and the genres represented range from sound and light art, environmental and performance art to conceptual, media and video works.

In addition to Kunsthalle and the MUU gallery, works will be on exhibit on the facades of the Lasipalatsi and Kunsthalle buildings and on the tram 3T. An extensive catalogue will be published in conjunction with the exhibition.