installation view of the exhibition “Suddenly it’s Evening” , Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki, 2021 Photograph by Anna Autio
”Everyone stands alone at the heart of the world/ pierced by a ray of sunlight, / and suddenly it’s evening” – Salvatore Quasimodo
In multi-channel video-installation, seven separate videos build an illusion of a coherent landscape. The material of the installation was gathered during 2015-2021 in seven different locations.
It appears as if nothing much is happening. A crow flies to the top of a tree, a fresh pile of logs appears at a logging square. Each screen is like a moving, living painting (of a landscape) Not everything can be seen at the same time. An abandoned building collapses behind one’s back, just as one’s attention is drawn to a flock of birds fluttering in the southeastern sky. It is snowing, somewhere else, a moon rises.