ART

Niklas Hallman is a 25 year-old-artist and Helsinki city boy who recently moved back to Finland after studying 4 years in the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. He graduated from the fine art department and has mainly worked in the field of painting and constructive collages since then. His producer alias ’Leppis’ also brings out a performative act with a wide spectrum of interests, such as Live Sets and performances. Niklas also has a rather active background in the Finnish/European skate scene and as a young violinist in the conservatory of Helsinki.

Niklas describes the work done for Post Bar: "One of my main cores and sparkles for my way of working is the conscious usage of improvisation. How to leave space for the surprize and yet still be in control. This also relates to my mindset of clubbing. How to avoid the expectations for sensations and find a pure way of being in this environment. The balance of planning and compromises in combination with an ideology of ”It is what it is and how to make the best out of it”. The moment when you find yourself in the dancefloor surrounded by a packed crowd and still find the way to trance in nothingness is what I was relating to while working with this piece."