Art in All Its Forms

Hello everyone. Our stay in Seinäjoki is close to its end, and it’s time to summary our research on the subject ‘Art in all its forms’.

During our stay we talk about The Symphony Of Extremes, a typical Finnish song, and The Finnish anthem(s). To conclude this subject, we wanted to talk to you about other subjects.

Alvar Aalto

We studied Alvar Aalto in Finnish Language and Culture because he is very famous here in Seinäjoki. He is the architect who design the church, the town hall, the library and the theatre in Seinäjoki. All his buildings in Seinäjoki are known as the Aalto center. His work in Seinäjoki is so important and remarkable that the wooden plan of his work is exposed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Finnish folk music

One other surprise in our researches about Finnish art was the discovery of musical music instruments. Before coming in Finland, we didn’t know of the existence of the kantele and we decided to learn more about it. We can find two types of kantele. Small kanteles have 15 or fewer strings; traditionally, they have five horsehair strings. The concert kantele (see figure 2) has between 35 and 40 strings. This instrument has a sound of bells, close to the sound of a cittern. It is an instrument made of wood, even if in the Finnish mythology, the magician Väinämöinen made a kantele with the bones of a giant pike.

Discovering Finnish Art in Helsinki

Helsinki as the capital of Finland is a very interesting place to discover Finnish art. When visiting Helsinki, we can visit several art museums as the Ateneum Art Museum and the Luomus Finnish Museum of Natural History. Helsinki is also the perfect place to taste Finnish food with many typical restaurants.

We hope all the articles about art in Finland helps you to know a little bit more about this wonderful country!