Title: Wasted years
Description: Sorbus was a small room where art was shown. It was run by six artists (Otto Byström, Henna Hyvärinen, Jonna Karanka, Mika Palonen, Sakari Tervo, Tuomo Tuovinen) who wanted to fight against their own paralysis, create conditions for the kind of doing they felt was lacking in their environment, generate concrete experiences of alternative approaches for themselves and other artists, and thus put activism into practice in the art field. But when you're trying to fuck the system, you just might end up making love to it. Plus extracts from artist interviews, and pictures from Sorbus' archives. Eulogy for Sorbus gallery by Kaino Wennerstrand (formerly Kim Modig). Wasted Years includes commissioned texts by  Pauliina Haasjoki, Lukas Malte Hoffmann & Susan Kooi, Juho Hänninen, Vappu Jalonen, Veera Jussila, Steph Kretowicz, Kim (Kaino) Modig, Eva Neklyaeva, Jyrki Nissinen, nynnyt, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Mikko Piispa, Cory John Scozzari, Sini Silveri, Megan Snowe, and Mervi Vuorela.
Subjects: History, Interviews, Artist-run galleries, Finnish Arts, Sorbus (Art gallery)
Places: Finland, Helsinki
Time periods: 21st century