Petri Lehtinen: Mandala Factory
Mandala Factory is a hybrid of a light art exhibition, an open studio and a sanctuary.
Mandala Factory is a hybrid of a light art exhibition, an open studio and a sanctuary. Each mandala, on display at Mandala Factory, is a result of an improvisatory process, a creative act between two artists with one intention: to reveal the secret order that is present within all disorder. The person visiting the factory completes the process. Everyone is invited to see themselves in the mandala.
At the centre of Mandala Factory is a game board, a transparent sheet of plexiglass. Petri Lehtinen, artist / curator, invites a fellow artist to play with. Players use plastic trash - recycled medical utilities - as game pieces, adding, moving, removing them until there are no more moves to be made. Everybody has won. A new mandala is born.
Mandala Factory was born of Petri Lehtinen’s light art residency exhibition at Glo Art Hotel in Helsinki, January 2022. The work is scalable and mobile.
Petri Lehikoinen, curator: Theater Academy of Finland, Directors Department 1987-1991, b. 1962, lives in Helsinki, Finland
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Artwork finished in:
2022
Which kind of light sources and what other materials and equipment are used? Normal electricity. Mandala Factory is scalable. Materials I will bring (mostly).
Please provide the dimensions of the work. Approximate size will do. Please mention if the work can be adjusted. (width-height-depth): Scalable / case dependent / min 3 cubic meters.
Please provide the dimensions of the work for mailing / sending. Approximate size will do: Scalable.
Electricity consumption: Standard mains current (10A/16A).
Does the artwork use sound? Ambient sound.
Support and other structures: The work needs support structures, hanging points, or similar.
Please state which structures, hardware or other equipment is needed from the client: Case dependent.
Minimum height of the space: 2,5 m
Minimum square meters of the space: 30 m2
Requirements for the space: darkness, temperature, colouring (light / dark / specific colour / other) etc.: Dark / dim.
Building time and people required (estimate): Case dependent / min 2 people, 3 hours.
Artist's presence: Artist or their representative must be present during building.
Seen before at: Mandala Factory, Glo Hotel, Helsinki, 2022; Mandala Factory, Friendhsip Inn, Salo, 2022, Mandala Factory, Paavali Church, Helsinki 2022, Mandala Factory, Turku, 2023
