An autofictional study of youthful uncertainty, with photography as a tool for self-discovery.

Rehearsals for Adulthood is a photographic essay on a painful process of growing up, in which a young man’s struggle with ideology, identity and corporeality forms the central narrative. Silomäki weaves personal experiences, memories, and imaginations into a visual narration that recalls the narrative structures of literature and cinema. His work belongs to the post-documentary tradition of photography, where documentary, fiction, and personal storytelling intersect. At the same time, as a man recounting the emotional stories of everyday life, Silomäki unsettles the very foundations of the tradition of masculine art.