At the time of the second moon

The moon symbolizes different things to different people. For many of us, it represents sleep, the subconscious, night, secrets and mysteries. If the power of one moon moves the waters of the oceans, what happens with the magic power of two moons?

We have set out to explore this with the help of six women: beauty, strange visions and creatures lurking in the shadows of darkness. What does our imagination conjure up in the moonlight?

The Second Moon is inspired by the fact that Earth sometimes has two moons. This was the case, for example, in autumn 2024 [https://yle.fi/a/74-20113146], when an asteroid traveled with us for a while, accompanying our good old Moon, until it continued its journey to orbit the Sun.

The working group for the exhibition “In the Time of Another Moon” includes the following artists: Outi Mietala, Elisa Pesonen, Tanja Starck, Outi Turtiainen, Sinikka Ustinov-Jones and Liisa Waali

You are warmly welcome to our exhibition at the Kuusankoskitalo gallery from 11.–31.8.2026. Address: Kymenlaaksonkatu 1, Kuusankoski. Open weekdays 11 am–7 pm, Sat–Sun 12 pm–6 pm. Free admission.

More information: Elisa Pesonen / avaruusstudio@gmail.com and Sinikka Ustinov-Jones / sinikkasart@gmail.com