Black Box Genesis - Fine/Visual Arts, Cultural Events, Projects & Collaborations by B. Hasaj & V. Gelain
Black Box Genesis is an art initiative that encompasses the experience in fine/visual arts and artistic/cultural activities of Bekim Hasaj & Valentina Gelain.
Bekim Hasaj (1990, Bajram Curri) & Valentina Gelain (1992, Feltre) are two interdisciplinary artists, currently based in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Both graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, Italy.
They have been actively cooperating together since 2018 and have worked on public art, cultural events and -long term- projects, independent and otherwise. In the same year, Hasaj & Gelain founded Black Box Genesis® and ran the same name art space in the city of Vaasa, Finland, until 2021.
Established as an art studio and art space, they have collaborated with various organizations and professionals, organizing and creating events, exhibitions, and public activities. Now, projected towards the latter and online or pop-up exhibitions, Black Box Genesis consolidates the form of a platform for the presentation and promotion of the two founders, peers and other collaborators.
In addition to the cooperation as Black Box Genesis, the two contemporary artists will work as a duo starting in 2023, uniting and developing even more aspects of their artistic practice and research, where the articulate body of work will be unanimously recognized.
Key point of this new collaborative path was the 'Dripping Cavities' exhibition cycle, and the multidisciplinary art projects presented.
About Bekim Hasaj & Valentina Gelain
Production and events related to the interdisciplinary project, in Ostrobothnia, in 2024-2025. Main works: outdoor temporary interventions, installations and video art. The topic of the work is personal change, symbiosis with what surrounds us and giving attention to the natural element and how to use it to express and communicate, in art and otherwise. Supported by Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet and Arts Promotion Center Finland.
Production of interactive multidisciplinary installations and exhibition cycle, in 2024-2026. The artistic corpus takes inspiration from Bekim Hasaj's sculptural series 'Shell' and the photographic series 'A veil of reason over the unconscious' part of the project 'The Peaks' by Valentina Gelain. The first art piece is called after the exhibition. Supported by Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet and Arts Promotion Center Finland.
Exhibition project that includes a cycle of duo shows and participation in events between 2022-2023, presenting the projects 'The Grey Hour' by Valentina Gelain and 'Scanning Landscape' by Bekim Hasaj. Supported by Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet, Svenska Kulturfonden and Arts Promotion Center Finland-Taike.
Production and events related to the interdisciplinary project, in Ostrobothnia, in 2024-2025. Main works: outdoor temporary interventions, installations and video art. The topic of the work is personal change, symbiosis with what surrounds us and giving attention to the natural element and how to use it to express and communicate, in art and otherwise. Supported by Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet and Arts Promotion Center Finland.
Black Box Genesis Exhibitions & Events
About the foundation of the art space in Vaasa, the development and archive of all exhibition and events to date: Art Space
Main Partners & Collaborators: Elokuvakeskus Botnia ry/Filmcentrum Botnia rf | Malakta Art Factory/Art in Malakta rf | Regional Dance Center of Ostrobothnia | Vaasa City/Vaasa City Library/Vaasa City Museums | Collision Art Collective | Bock's Corner Village | Northern Sustainable Futures
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