Ninni Luhtasaari: Earth explorer, 2021. Daycare Centre Kukkaniitty. Photo: HAM/Kirsi Halkola Shoots Artist Ninni Luhtasaari Daycare Centre Kukkaniitty, Kukkaniityntie 19, 00950 Helsinki Indoor Sculpture Limited access: the work is available to view for the users of the premises only. The series of works by Ninni Luhtasaari (born 1987) – Versot (‘Shoots’) – spreads over the new facilities of Daycare Centre Kukkaniitty in Vartiokylä. The new building of Daycare Centre Kukkaniitty was designed by Linja Arkkitehdit Oy. The wall-mounted ceramic relief pieces are called Nenäkkäin, Auringonhalaaja, Tupsukaverit, Kukan päällä, Kukkamakoilija, Kukkamoikkaaja, Lampikaveri ja Maantutkija (Loosely translated to as ‘Nose-to nose, Sun-hugger, Bobble friends, On a flower, Napping on a flower, Saying hello to a flower, Pond friend, and Earth explorer’). The works feature gentle creatures that explore their surroundings and have a talent for curiosity and caring. In some of the pieces, the creatures have become part of the vegetation and other organic shapes. The artist believes that the gentle faces in the pieces can bring support and safety amidst everyday confusion. The work was produced under the Percent for Art programme, and it belongs to the collection of the City of Helsinki, managed and curated by HAM Helsinki Art Museum. At map
