Fragile Water design exhibition at Helsinki Airport 31.1. - 31.12.2019

The exhibition Fragile Water brings attention to our use of water. Glass as a fragile material symbolises the fragility of the global freshwater resources. Fragile Water can be seen in Baggage Claim Hall 2B where passengers arriving from Asia, America and non-Schengen countries collect their baggage. The exhibition is open from 23 January 2019 until the end of year.

Themes and students:

1.    Hidden water in food (mentor: PhD Candidate Pekka Kinnunen)

• Milla Vainio - From liquid to liquid
• Chiao-wen Hsu - Eaten water
• Mariana Solís Escalera - Encapsulated

2.    Where is the water? (mentor: PhD Candidate Hafsa Munia)

• Henna Nuutinen - Unknown Water
• Paul Flanders - Libation Vessels
• Hanna Kutvonen - It’s not fair
• Cassandra - Sharpening edges

3.    Endangered rivers (Mentor: Postdoctoral Researcher Kaisa Västilä)

• Iines Jakovlev - Hidden Lake  
• Niina Hyry - Sea Sick Sea
• Tuuli Saarelainen – Frost
• Jaea Chang - Glass Lake  

4.     Urban water (Mentor: PhD Candidate Ambika Khadka)

• Aino Tuovinen - Convenience diffuser
• Nina Sevä - Force of Water  
• Christal Hedman - Flow

5. Circular Water (Mentor PhD Candidate Juho Kaljunen)

• Tzuye Chen – Crackled
• Kaisa Jäntti – Precious
• Emile Bajard - Aware

Lecturer: Kirsti Taiviola

Exhibition design: Sushant Passi  

Graphic design: Lin Pei-Yu  

Project coordination: Enni Äijälä, Matti Kummu, Tiina Toivola, Outi Turpeinen, Gianluca Giabardo