【GC-301】Kosminen collective

Area | GUEST COUNTRY

Country | FINLAND

Kosminen is a collective of four artists who ran an art space in Helsinki, Finland from 2016-2021. The space combined an art gallery, an art bookstore (Khaos Publishing and Temporary Bookshelf) and an open art book archive. Members of the collective are Lotta Blomberg, Helen Korpak, Anna Niskanen and Liina Aalto-Setälä. In addition to its art space activities, the collective publishes zines and art books both collectively and individually.

https://www.facebook.com/kosminenhki

https://www.instagram.com/kosminenkollektiivi/

http://www.kosminen.info

Kosminen's raison d'être is to encourage solidarity and joy within the art scene, both locally and via the internet. Our methods have included publishing collectively created affordable zines, running non-profit art spaces, trying out different ways in which to curate group exhibitions, holding lectures and talks for art students, trying to organise approachable and fun events and doing our best to be helpful within our community.

Kosminen collective is Liina Aalto-Setälä, Lotta Blomberg, Helen Korpak and Anna Niskanen, all based in Helsinki, Finland.