IHME 2009-2018 - Art in Public X.Vol.10

IHME, the Finnish word for "miracle" or "wonder", describes something strange or weird, something that wakens curiosity. The annual IHME Contemporary Art Festival (2009-2018), produced by Pro Arte Foundation Finland, aims to enhance the status, visibility and accessibility of visual art and to promote art as a resource for democratic society, an important part of human life and everyday existence. Now in its tenth year, the festival consists of commissioned work of art in a public space, as well as lectures, discussions, films, and workshops. This publication documents the ten annual commissions, and features conversations with the artists.

Artists featured:
Miroslaw Balka, Yael Bartana, Christian Boltanski, Jeremy Deller, Antony Gormley, Henrik Håkansson, Susan Philipsz, Katerina Sedá, Superflex, Theaster Gates & The Black Monks of Mississippi.



Christian Boltanksi (*1944 in Paris) lives and works in Malakoff near Paris.

Photographic works since 1967; autobiographical works since 1968. Archival works since 1972, Inventorying his life and the lives of fictitious persons. 2001 Kaiserring of Goslar. 2006 Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture.



Christian Boltanksi (*1944 in Paris) lives and works in Malakoff near Paris.

Photographic works since 1967; autobiographical works since 1968. Archival works since 1972, Inventorying his life and the lives of fictitious persons. 2001 Kaiserring of Goslar. 2006 Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture.



HENRIK HÅKANSSON (*1968) studied at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. His unique method of blending natural and human-made elements rapidly made him famous. Håkansson's work has been shown and celebrated internationally. Today he divides his time between Berlin and Falkenberg, Sweden.



For SUSAN PHILIPSZ (*1965, Glasgow) sound is the artistic material she uses to create sound installations.



The critically-acclaimed Danish artist group SUPERFLEX, founded