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Location: Aineen taidemuseo

Address: Torikatu 2, Tornio

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The artist collective YKON, founded in 2003 by the award-winning Finnish-German artist couple Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, will organize a social game, Play House, at the Aine Art Museum on Saturday, 14.3.2026 17:30-21:30. The event is part of the Aine Art Museum’s 40th anniversary celebration and the Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture year. The event is open to everyone and admission is free. The event’s languages ​​are Finnish and English.

The doors to the event open at 17:30 and you can arrive at the event until 18:30.

A group of strangers gather at the art museum on a Saturday evening. There are people, drinks, snacks and music in the space… And then, what happens? From the outside, the event looks like a party, but there are unobtrusive games going on. The artist group YKON welcomes the guests and gives them tasks. The event uses simple game mechanisms to explore and play with the interaction situation.

YKON is a collective that operated from 2003 to 2018, and it still activates the concepts it has created from time to time. The group has included many artists, designers and researchers over the years. The Play House event at Tornio will be led by Sauli Anetjärvi, Milan Braun, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen.

YKON members Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen are also part of the Oulu2026 Climate Clock project: they will build the World’s Most Valuable Clock with the people of Oulu, which will later be on display at the Aine Art Museum in Tornio in 2026. They are known for their cinematic and performative artworks, which often involve the audience. The artist pair’s works have been exhibited around the world. They were awarded the Finnish AVEK Prize for Media Art in 2012 and Finland’s largest art award, Ars Fennica, in 2014.