“For this event (at the KW institute of Contemporary Art) performers Shade Théret and Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju read a series of true stories. Each tale concerns the secret history of a password—as told by its owner to the artist Jonna Kina. While upholding the boundary between personal and public information, the intimate formation of our … Read more
15′, for percussionist, 2022-23 3023, installation view, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge Kyrka, premiered in June, 2023, Stockholm, Sweden “In a sense the piece is an intentionally failed attempt to depict nature. And in this way, it is a celebration of nature. The language of the wind is translated to the language of music – … Read more
Music for 4 Sculptures in 15 Pieces in 9 Movements for 2 Performers, performance in Kumu Art Museum, 2022 Music for 4 Sculptures in 15 Pieces in 9 Movements for 2 Performers (2022) is a piece by Jonna Kina and Lauri Supponen written for the fragments of destroyed sculptures by August Weizenberg and Amandus … Read more
Four Sculptures in Fifteen Pieces, 5min 39sec, 35mm film transferred to 4K/HD, color, sound, installation View, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, 2022 S 430, S433, S436, S 445, archival pigmnet ink print, 46,79cm x 58,5cm, framed with museum glass Four Sculptures in Fifteen Pieces looks at the themes of creation and destruction. The film … Read more
After Life, 2021, 35mm film transferred to 4K, 5′, 5.1 / stereo, installation view, Helsinki Contemporary After Life explores transcendental issues through archaeological and illegal excavations of tombs. The film is composed of a sequence of meditative short scenes picturing the ruins of a small Faliscan necropolis of Cavone di Monte Li Santi in … Read more
Red Impasto Jar, 2021, 35mm film transferred to 4K, 3′ 21″ The film portrays the state of a looted burial object made for afterlife within a three-minute single take. The film focuses on the detailed documentation of the jar with a slow 360° revolution on a robust industrial motor. This ancient Faliscan burial item … Read more
Confession Piece for Voice, 2020-2021, 12″ vinyl, 3’24”, installation view Helsinki Contemporary Confession Piece for Voice is a sound installation played in an exhibition space on a 12-inch vinyl record upon request. On the recording a young person’s soprano voice interprets poem in the form of a cappella. The libretto is adapted from the … Read more
2012, Series of 15 photographs, archival pigment print, 44 cm x 35 cm each Objects from the series Aalto Objects belongs to Alvar Aalto Home museum. Kina approaches the museum as a living space shaped by temporal, material, and institutional processes rather than as a stable historical representation. The idea of home as a … Read more
2017, framed archival pigment print, series of 6 prints, 30,5 x 35 cm each Objects that were used in the sound process while creating sound effects for the film Arr. for a Scene (2017). Copyright © Jonna Kina. All rights reserved.
Series of 15 photographs, 2015, 11 x 11 inches, archival pigment print, framed