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- Production image for the performance
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground – A Spring at Hippolyte gallery, Helsinki FIN / 2022
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground – A Spring at Hippolyte gallery, Helsinki FIN / 2022
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground – A Spring at Hippolyte gallery, Helsinki FIN / 2022
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground – A Spring at Hippolyte gallery, Helsinki FIN / 2022
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground at Monitoimitila O., Helsinki, FIN / 2021
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground at Monitoimitila O., Helsinki, FIN / 2021
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- Still image from The Ground, the first part of the series of works
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground at Monitoimitila O., Helsinki, FIN / 2021
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- Production image for the performance
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- Documentation of the exhibition For G, as Ground at Monitoimitila O., Helsinki, FIN / 2021
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- Still image from The Ground, the first part of the series of works
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- Still from live stream documentation of the performance as part of the exhibition For G, as Ground / Monitoimitila O., Helsinki / 2021
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- Still image from The Ground, the first part of the series of works
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- Still from live stream documentation of the performance as part of the exhibition For G, as Ground / Monitoimitila O., Helsinki / 2021
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- Still image from A Spring, the second part of the series of works
For G, as Ground / Installation in two parts / Video, installation, mixed media, photographs, 5 part poem, a publication, 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 consists of several parts and is grounded on a thick, lived sensation of the body being deeply intertwined with the surrounding material world and its bodies at large. It’s a contemplation on the aftermath of a serious accident of a family member – on a slow observation of a human body rebuilding itself from almost the point zero, including understanding semantic. Specific interest in this work have been both language and matter – semantics and it’s shortcomings combined with the intertwinement of different material entities.
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 Ground – the 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.
Please ask for a password to view the whole 5 part poem in video format in English here