Essi Kausalainen’s works operate through performance, textile, text, audio and video. Collaborating with plants and fungi, artists, musicians, plant biologists and children, Kausalainen’s work approaches the body as an open ended process made in, and shaped by, the complex relations with other beings, situations and environments. Her work has been exhibited and performed in venues such as Kiasma, HAM, Inkonst (Malmö), Somerset House Studios in London, Bildmuseet (Umeå) and Moderna Museet Malmö.
Essi Kausalainen’s work has been generously supported by:
Kone foundation, City of Espoo, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Frame, Nordic Culture Point, Nordisk Kulturfond.
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Videos of the performances are available upon requests
For questions, thoughts, or possible collaborations, please contact via essikausalainen@hotmail.com