GRAN DE FINALE - VILJAMI NISSI
Gran De Finale is a three-part performance series first performed as a part of Viljami Nissi’s exhibition Grande Finale at Lou Galleria in March 2025.
It was created by Viljami Nissi in collaboration with performer Corinne Mustonen. They performed the series together.
Viljami Nissi’s artistic practice and the worldview of this exhibition are driven
by the concept of homosion. The term, combining homosexuality and erosion, was
coined by Nissi himself. Where erosion wears down the Earth’s crust, homosion
infiltrates spaces, the body, and the mind.
Until 1981, homosexuality was still classified as a disorder in Finland. In
ecological terms, homosexuality can still be seen as a kind of disturbance—a
phenomenon that forces the environment to adapt to something new. In homophobic
rhetoric, queerness is still presented as a contagious force that threatens
normative society.
A niche—nissi in Finnish—denotes a hollowed-out space, a recess in the wall
traditionally meant to hold something of value, such as statues or memorabilia.
Nissi, the artist, carves out a space both physical and conceptual where meanings
erode and reform. Here, sanctity is found in the everyday, in worn-down objects—
used rather than untouched. The surfaces are porous, ready to absorb more.
Gran de Finale could mark a climax—an ending or a final act. But of what? And when
does it truly end?
read more about the performance and exhibition here: https://viljaminissi.com/2026/03/09/gran-de-finale/
pictures by Inari Sandell