The exhibition opening at the Mansion of the Haihara Art Center is a praise for blundering

Mistakes make us blush during the day and keep us awake at night. They haunt both what we’ve done and what we haven’t, create anticipation, embarrassment afterward, and laughter around the corner. Sometimes even a small oversight can escalate into a catastrophe. Yet, almost always, a mistake is harmless. It might churn our stomachs, but the world doesn’t shift off its axis.

The artworks in the MOKA exhibition capture moments gone awry and delve into the essence and impact of small human blunders. Shared failures that might feel shameful reveal opportunities to see familiar things differently.

The exhibition features textile art, sculptures, oil paintings, video art, and installations. Among the works, you’ll find embroidered bruises, everyday mishaps, norm-breaking pieces, terrariums of failure, overdressed characters, tangled hair, typographical demons, forgotten items in corners and doorways, seams sewn the wrong way, “mistake trophies,” and music generated by AI based on artists’ resumes.

MOKA marks the first joint exhibition of the working group since 2022. The exhibition is supported by the Pirkanmaa Cultural Foundation.