2024 || Maze | Wood, glass, dried plants, Tengujo paper, dry pastel, screenprinting ink (acrylic), patinated brass| Dimensions vary according to the space ||Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
2024 || Maze | Wood, glass, dried plants, Tengujo paper, dry pastel, screenprinting ink (acrylic), patinated brass| Dimensions vary according to the space ||Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Installation view || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Installation view || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Installation view || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze||Detail of the installation || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Maze, Barrier and Wheel of Fortune||Installation view || Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Barrier and Wheel of Fortune|| Installation view|| Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Barrier|Ceramics, iron wire | Dimensions vary according to the space ||Photography by Patrik Rastenberger.
Wheel of Fortune | Steel, glass, dried plants, step motor, electronics, wood, plastic| 100 x 100 x 25 cm ||Photography by Sonja Hyytiäinen/©HAM
Wheel of Fortune | Steel, glass, dried plants, step motor, electronics, wood, plastic| 100 x 100 x 25 cm ||Photography by Sonja Hyytiäinen/©HAM
Wheel of Fortune ||Detail of the work || Photography by Sonja Hyytiäinen/©HAM
Passage is a solo exhibition including a sculpture installation of Maze and Barrier, and a kinetic sculpture Wheel of Fortune. The installation is an allegory of the classical European garden, which is known for its symmetry and precisely regulated, artificial “nature”. The artwork explores the complexities of navigating power structures, highlighting both the personal experience and the wider societal impact these systems create.
The garden represents the creation of aesthetically pleasing frames and seemingly picturesque landscapes, where nature and the human body are treated as objects, not unlike merchandise or ornaments. The exhibition’s spatial dividers contain various illustrations of dried flowers, pressed between panes of glass – such as a corset, chopine shoes, and fence motifs typical to the Victorian era. A chinoiserie-style pattern appears repeatedly on Tengujo paper with superimposed images of forced and distorted body parts.
A kinetic sculpture resembling a wheel of fortune is composed of eight sectors with different fates ranging from love to misfortune. However, unlike a wheel of fortune, the motor-driven sculpture never stops.
Passage was exhibited at Helsinki Art Museum’s HAM gallery in 2024.
For more information: Submission / O Fluxo