Autius – Quinta Essentia

Autius - Quinta Essentia is a multidisciplinary installation by Jennifer Lipkin and Emilia Kuurila, with glass works by Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen. Presented at the Kamppi Chapel of Silence, the work brings together scent, textile and glass in dialogue with the chapel’s distinctive architecture and atmosphere.

Inspired by the five classical elements - earth, water, air, fire and aether - the installation explores scent as an invisible material that shifts how we experience a familiar place. At its centre is encounter; with our surroundings, with one another and with ourselves.

Within the quiet of the chapel, scent heightens attention to our senses, surroundings and thoughts. The work considers what presence, stillness and spirituality might mean today, and how experiencing a familiar place through scent might allow us to perceive it anew.