In May, no fewer than three new exhibitions will open at Vaasa’s museums

The opening of the exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Vaasa Court of Appeal will take place on 6 May from 6pm to 8pm. Everyone is very welcome!

The Old Vaasa Museum is hosting an exhibition on the 250-year history of the Vaasa Court of Appeal. The exhibition explores the court’s early years, its activities and its impact on the development of the people of Vaasa and the whole of historic Ostrobothnia.

The proclamation establishing the Vaasa Court of Appeal was issued in 1775. The Court of Appeal was established by a decree of King Gustav III as part of a nationwide reform of the administrative and judicial systems. The Court of Appeal began its work in what is now Old Vaasa in 1776. The exhibition tells the story of the Court of Appeal’s establishment up to the mid-19th century and its move to a new courthouse following the Great Fire of Vaasa.

The exhibition showcases the ceremonies and the exercise of power associated with the establishment of the Court of Appeal, the planning and construction of the first Court of Appeal building, and the lives of the Court of Appeal officials and their families in Vaasa. It also features scale models, visual material and stories about the Court of Appeal’s day-to-day operations, the administration of justice and its management.

nabbteeri – The Scavenger’s Garden opens on 9 May.

The nabbteeri artists’ collective, comprising some of the region’s leading contemporary artists, is well known both nationally and internationally. Their work is characterised by an experimental and ecological approach, often taking site-specific and locally sourced materials as its starting point. nabbteeri’s solo exhibition at the Ostrobothnian Museum is built around the installation Fragile Mutants (2025), in which they have used slide projectors. Insects and invertebrates take centre stage as the artists explore the contradictions of art and the acceptance of the unfamiliar. Tending to their own garden is an essential part of their artistic practice.

nabbteeri, based in Övermark in Närpes, consists of Janne Nabb (b. 1984) and Maria Teeri (b. 1985), who have collaborated since 2008. They were awarded the Young Artist of the Year prize in 2014 and represented Finland in the Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2019 in the exhibition Weather Report: Forecasting Future. It was later also exhibited at the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art. In 2023, the art hall Färgfabriken in Stockholm presented nabbteeri’s work, and their site-specific piece A Suitable Host (2025) was shown as part of the most recent Helsinki Biennial on Vallisaari Island.

The exhibition is supported by the Finnish Heritage Agency and Brothers Gröndahls` Foundation. nabbteeris artistic work is supported by Alfred Kordelin Foundation and Kone Foundation.

 

Apocalypse No/w on 16 May

The exhibition Apocalypse No/w is a collaboration between Vasaa resident Marcus Lerviks (b. 1969) and the German artist Florian Tuercke (b. 1977), who both work with the relationship between humans and nature.

Through sound and video-based works and large-scale installations, the exhibition explores humanity’s constant quest to control and manipulate the world around us. The exhibition will showcase Lervik’s latest site-specific video and sound installations, which embrace the visitor in a sensory experience of untouched nature. Tuercke activates the space with multidimensional sound installations which reflect human impact on the environment.

Marcus Lerviks often works with video, installation, light and sound, and his art revolves around themes such as time, nature and technology. In his works, Lerviks combines visually strong environments with social commentary, often focusing on human impact on the environment. He has exhibited both in Finland and internationally, with works shown at, among others, Kiasma in Helsinki and international biennials. The entirety shown in the exhibition was planned by Lerviks specifically for the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art.

Florian Tuercke lives and works both in Poland and Germany. His works move on the border between sculpture, performance and sound art, often with a focus on public space. Many of Tuercke’s works are interactive in one way or another – either during the creative process or in the exhibition environment. Through his installations, he processes sound environments and how they affect our experience of public space. His technological, interactive and analytical works have been exhibited around the world, including in Finland, Poland and the USA.

The exhibition is supported by the Aue-Foundation and the Finnish Heritage Agency.

A special concert by the artists as part of the side programme

At the artist talk held on the exhibition’s opening weekend, Saturday 16 May at 1 pm, Marcus Lerviks and Florian Tuercke will present the exhibition and discuss their works in a shared dialogue. The event will be held in English.