Meet the artist at Design Museum: Jessica Andrey Bogush

Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 18:00–19:00
FIX Arena, Design Museum (1st floor)
Fee: 20/10/0 € or Museum Card | Pre-regstration

Meet the artist of the FIX: Care and Repair exhibition, Jessica Andrey Bogush.

Jessica Andrey Bogush’s work “Speculative Absences as Queer Care (An Invitation) ” is an installation and a kind of alternative museum collection. Bogush examines the gaps and silences within the collections of the Museum of FinnishArchitecture and Design Museum. What objects does the museum choose to include in its collection, and what does it leave out?

Discussing the work and its background with the artist is Kaura Raudaskoski, Audience Engagement Producer at the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum and a visual arts educator, who is also the chairperson of the association Friends of Queer History. After the discussion and presentation of the work, the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions to both the artist and the museum representative.

Welcome to meet the artist, artwork, and exhibition! Maximum capacity: 30 participants. You can join the event with the entrance fee to the museum exhibition.

The FIX: Care and Repair exhibition brings together architecture, design, and contemporary art. The exhibition focuses on the repair of objects and buildings, the maintenance of the environment, cleaning, and the aesthetics of dirt and wear. The exhibition presents museums as places of care, where collection management and conservation preserve carefully selected objects. 

Further information and pre-registration at the museum website.