Malte Steiner
Absolute Power : Ohnmacht
7–29 September 2024
Oksasenkatu 11 00100 Helsinki
Wed–Fri 12–18
Sat–Sun 12–17
Opening 6 September 17–22
Malte Steiners art project Absolute Power reflects since 2019 on power structures in politics, society and private life. The exhibition Absolute Power : Ohnmacht in Oksasenkatu 11 shows with several art pieces the consequences of the perceived powerlessness of the individual. The responses to loss of power vary widely and often they are the retreat into the private world of the nuclear family. The exhibition goes further by examining the new conservative and restrained world of so-called tradwives through an e-paper installation which generates art based on data scraped from Instagram.
Another response to the concept of Ohnmacht is anxiety and as a central part of the
installation, Steiner has created a panic room for Oksasenkatu 11 which could cause panic attacks. Additionally, at the extreme end of the spectrum is the exemplified attempt to reclaim power through violent acts which is e.g. seen in mass shootings.
The four art pieces which constitute Absolute Power: Ohnmach are ranging from paintings to computer-controlled electronic displays, and they are shown in Helsinki for the first time.
About Malte Steiner
Malte Steiner (born 1970) is a German media artist, electronic musician and composer. He started creating electronic music and visual art around 1983, developing his own vision of the interdisciplinary Gesamtkunstwerk. Steiner created his first exhibitions with paintings already in 1983. In 1986 he took a course in electro-acoustic music in Lüneburg by H.W. Erdmann and performed his first concerts in the following years, in and outside Germany. Since 1987 Steiner has been releasing his music on cassette, later on vinyl, CD and online. Alongside his diverse music projects, Steiner is also involved in several open source projects and has done lectures, radio features and workshops.
Additionally, in 1998 he began to create electronic art installations and since 2003 several net art projects including a collaborative visual networking environment, showcased at the Java museum in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Latest art projects are The Big Crash – art for the pending burst of the real estate bubble – and Absolute Power.
Steiner relocated in 2018 to Denmark and, since 2021, has been living between Aalborg and Helsinki.
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