Andra Sarenius

 前言 Introduction 本次开放日将Shealyn Biron与Andra Sarenius的作品并置，探讨身体如何在社会结构与空间秩序中被塑造、标记与限制。Shealyn Biron通过近未来的叙事，将身体改造视为阶级的可见表征。义肢如同装饰，既承载权力与欲望，也暴露出控制与伪装的机制。在她构建的世界中，身份被直接嵌入身体，身体成为社会结构最直观的界面。Andra Sarenius则从现实城市出发，通过绘画考察残障、可达性与日常空间之间的关系。她关注谁能够自由移动，哪些路径被忽视，以及身体如何在城市中被默许或排除。两位艺术家的作品从虚构与现实出发，共同指向一个问题：身体从来不是中性的存在，而是在社会规范与空间设计中不断被塑形的场所。

This open day brings together works by Shealyn Biron and Andra Sarenius to examine how bodies are shaped, marked, and regulated by social structures and spatial systems.Through speculative narrative, Shealyn Biron presents bodily modification as a visible inscription of class. Prosthetics function as adornment, carrying desire and authority while revealing mechanisms of control. In her constructed world, identity is embedded directly into the body, turning it into a social interface.In contrast, Andra Sarenius grounds her work in the everyday city. Through drawing, she investigates disability, accessibility, and the politics of movement, asking who is able to move freely and which bodies remain unseen within urban space.Together, the works suggest that the body is never neutral, but continually negotiated through design, regulation, and social norms.

Andra Sarenius explores questions of accessibility, spatiality, and normativity through artistic research. The individual works within this collection may seem separate at first glance, however they are woven together by a continuous thread that examines disability as a social and physical phenomena. The collection of drawings aims to display a reflection of disability as an active  part of the local community. While not trying to claim the experience, these works echo the cross-cultural realities and possibilities of crip-embodied urban life. Drawing inspiration from fleeting moments of observation of local social fabric and architecture, the project maps the city through alternative lenses. 

How do people claim space in the city? How does efforts towards accessibility work in practice? Who is allowed to move freely? What remains invisible?

MAIN CREW

Director – Trang Chung
Writer – Trang Chung
Producer – Trang Chung
Executive Producers – Sophia Mitiku, Alexander Richardson
Creative Director – Trang Chung

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Director of Photography (DOP) – Alexander Richardson
Cinematographer – Alexander Richardson
Drone Operator – Henri Christensen

ART DEPARTMENT

Production Designer – Trang Chung
Art Directors – Trang Chung, Sophia Mitiku
Set Designer – Karoliina Kasurinen
Storyboard Artist – Andra Sarenius
Graphic Designer – Pihla Lemmetyinen

STYLING & MAKEUP

Cast Stylist – Andra Sarenius
Sophia Stylist – Sophia Mitiku, Andra Sarenius
Masks – Andra Sarenius
MUA (Sophia Look 1) – Siiri Hämäläinen
MUAH (Sophia Looks 2 & 3) – Meghna Lampi
Makeup Assistant – Wuyu
Choreography – Ama Kyei

POST-PRODUCTION

Editor – Trang Chung
Colour Grade & VFX – Jaro Koho

CAST

(In order of appearance)
Nila Reign, Wanda Holopainen, Marita Guevara, Kai Soumah, Alexandra Mitiku, Azinwi Zezibelle Foncha, Ajak Majok, Moriamo Ahmed, Lea Lintula, Patricia Carlitos, Shubanghi Singh, Adeola Ikuesan, Noia Kekoni, Kolya Kotov, Farhia Omer, Nayab Ikram, Rohan Stevenson, Dahn Kim, Darius Colin, Karoliina Kasurinen, Onur Tayranoğlu

Also featuring

[Names of those not visible on screen]

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Runners – Karoliina Kasurinen, Alexandra Mitiku, Felix Kalha
Catering – Darius Colin, Basam Elfadl

SPECIAL THANKS

Familia ry
Kino Rentals
Aleksi Marjamaa Sofia Ilmonen Saban Ramadani

Interactions – Vuorovaikutuksia

China-Europe Painting Exchange Exhibition

28 December 2025 – 10 January 2026

Opening Reception: 28 December 2025, 15:00

Guangdong San Ta Art Museum, Guangzhou, China

The entirety of our universe is formed by a vast organism.

As part of this organism, the functioning and well-being of our own

living environment are shaped.

Within this interactive framework, our lives are formed–both in broader

contexts and on an individual level–reflecting our cultural environment

and the art it inspires.

Ruumiista riippumaton; Luonto ja Itse

2025

Mixed media on paper 

55x45cm

Chainmaille: Andra Sarenius

Photography: Karoliina Pärnänen

Model: Markus

Styling: Andra Sarenius & KAroliina pärnänen

Edit: Andra Sarenius

online video series and video, 30sec

2023

produced with tuomas jaakkola and tiina koivusalo

Art and technology podcast produced as part of the art and digititalization program funded by the education ministry of finland in cooperation with aalto university art education Major.

https://kuviksendigipodi.com/

Kolmekymppisyyteen pääseminen on saavutus mille tahansa festivaalille, etenkin musiikkivideofesteille. Siinä missä festivaalin sisältö ammentaa itse kolmekymppisyydestä ja näytöksissä tutkaillaan kriisejä, työelämää, uusia polkuja ja kurotellaan tulevaisuuteen, nykytaidenäyttely pureutuu identiteettiin, itseksi kasvamiseen ja queer-teemoihin. Millaisia odotuksia, kahleita ja taisteluita patriarkaalinen yhteiskunta asettaa? Miten samanaikaisesti voi tuntea olevansa liikaa ja liian vähän; voimmeko antaa itsellemme luvan olla kaikkea, fluidisti, vailla rajoja?

I go round, elliptical
Watch me orbit this
I keep repeating myself
There must be more than this
I don’t know why I can’t change
There ain’t no groundhogs here

There’s just me in my garden
Howling at the moon when it’s round and clear
– Kae Tempest

Taiteilijat:
Andra Sarenius
Anna Anundi
August Joensalo
Erkki Huilla
Heinä Loukimo
Iida Valme
Jenna Kauppi
Kaarina Siltakorpi
Saara Halminen
Vilma Kallunki
Zhao Xingrui

Kuraattori:
Ansku Nousiainen

Tangible Realms and Neural dreams (2023)

video

2:23 min

AI merging with flesh. How could artificial intelligence ever be intelligent enough to understand the complexities of the body? The feelings, the restrictions, the simultaneous euphoria, and dysphoria?

This work is about queer sexuality and self-expression in a digital age monitored by AI. What is deemed appropriate to show, what is forced to be hidden? How does AI understand a human and based on what grounds does it monitor social online environments?

Imaginascape (2021)

video

6:28

Part of an spatial installation Showcased at Slumber party (2021)