BEING/S – Creatures + Beings, Alisa Javits

Beings and Being. All kinds and shapes. Including human beings. Closely linked together.

The exhibition consists of paintings, prints, and moving images. The whole addresses various forms of being and living characters. Each piece is a portrayal of different feelings and beings – personalities. Just like in real life, the boundary between the realistic, the imagined, and shapes is blurred. The dependence on one another is sometimes very clear, sometimes almost invisible. It depends on the viewer. The spectrum of shades of being is broad and encompasses both deep love and irreversible evil.

Alisa Javits is a visual artist and director based in Helsinki, whose works explore human experiences of being in this world. Her work addresses themes such as loneliness, sociability, uncertainty, and aging. Alisa combines music, imagery, and text into creative compositions that evoke powerful emotions and stimulate thoughts in the viewer. She values substantive and expressive freedom in her work, as well as collaboration with different people. Alisa’s pieces are characterized by profound content and visual experimentation.

Alisa’s background includes a strong visual education at Stockholm University and photography at Aalto University. She has held solo exhibitions, participated in group exhibitions and video festivals, and created audiovisual live performances in collaboration with musicians. Alisa’s works have been widely presented both in Finland and internationally at festivals and galleries.

www.alisajavits.fi
IG: @alisa_javits