For G, as Ground / Video, installation, mixed media, photographs, 5 part poem, performance / Size varies / Sound design by Petri Alanko / 2021-22

In your spinal cord there is a dark, blue, and deep lake

For G, as Ground is grounded on a thick, lived sensation of the body being deeply intertwined with the surrounding material world and its bodies at large. Specific interest in this work have been both language and matter – semantics and it’s shortcomings combined with the intertwinement of different material entities. It’s inspired by a contemplation on the aftermath of a serious accident of a loved one – on a slow observation of a human body rebuilding itself from almost the point zero, including understanding semantic.

Apart from lived experiences, semiotics and matter in all forms, the work is inspired by spoken word and the tradition of lamenting as a proactive ritual. The backbone of the work is formed by a 5-part poem written by the artist.

The video works The Ground (2021) ja A Spring (2022) form the installation For G, as Ground – A Spring. The long duration performances (with 5 performers) have been performed live as a part of the work The Groundthe entity then has transformed into a living installation, by which the spectators have stayed the amount of time they wished. 

Performers; Jessie Bullivant, Sari Hiltunen, Johanna Ketola, Muriel Kuoppala, Astri Laitinen, Katja Lautamatti, Sara Salamäki, Johanna Sipilä and Reetta Sironen.

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