Within Mist

Mist is not quite rain and not quite fog. Neither here nor there, it is not so dense as to appear as a physical presence, yet is noticeable enough to register as an amorphous mass. Mist exists almost indefinably everywhere, being not only around us, but also within us.Finnish artist Josefina Nelimarkka has long been engaged in attempting to recreate or suggest the conditions and compositions of such delicate and transient weather effects. Clouds can manifest as both experiences – of flying through them, or walking among their hazy forms – and as natural phenomena – made up not only of complex chemical formulations, but of the current, historic and possible future states of the world. Nelimarkka’s exhibition, entitled Mist, attempts to put the viewer physically and mentally inside this indeterminate space, to understand its constituent parts and explore its enigmatic edges.

Josefina Nelimarkka (b. 1982) is a multidisciplinary artist working with environmental questions and experientiality. In her site-sensitive installations connected to weather, water, and air, she explores these natural phenomena and their perception, combining artistic and scientific research. Her works are multisensory experiences, which reveal the subtle yet partly incomprehensible and complex processes in time, nature, and society. Josefina Nelimarkka works in Helsinki and London. She has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki (2017) and Royal College of Art in London (2016).