Riiko Sakkinen's exhibition at Serlachius Art Museum

Riiko Sakkinen: LOS MOIMOI DE FUENGIROLA

Exhibition and research project on the Finnish identity

Serlachius Headquarters, Mänttä June 15, 2024–February 16, 2025

Los moimoi de Fuengirola is an exhibition and research project in which artist Riiko Sakkinen (b. 1976) explores the Finnish identity. 

Fuengirola, on Spain’s Costa del Sol, is home to a community of around 30,000 Finns. These members do not bother to learn the local language or customs. They live semi-isolated lives, spending their time comfortably in Finnish bars and relying on their own Finnish shops, services, and institutions. Indeed, the Fuengirola local government has named its municipality “Finland’s southernmost town.” 

The research for the exhibition has been funded by the Kone Foundation. It produces a view of the substance of Finnishness cloaked in an anthropological guise. Pauli Sivonen is the curator of the exhibition.