2017||Porcelain, glaze, rubber carpet|140 x 140 x 41 cm|| Photography by Emma Sarpaniemi.
Detail of the work|| Photography by Emma Sarpaniemi.
Detail of the work|| Photography by Jussi Kantonen.
Exhibition view from the exhibition “A Passing Permanence” at Space for Free Arts|| Photography by Emma Sarpaniemi.
Planet HER-BB is an installation of various plant and flora sculptures in glazed porcelain, grouped together on a rubber carpet. It opens a brief vista onto the vegetation of a distant planet; bulbous, colorful, aesthetically near picture-perfect. However, the exaggerated smoothness and sterile sheen of the plants seems ultimately unnatural, as if plastic. The repetitive figures and gleamy surface disclose a rootless state of being stemming from productivity carried to its extreme.
Planet HER-BB has been exhibited in 2017 at group exhibitions at Gallery Sculptor and at the FemF (Feminist Forum) exhibition, and in 2018 at the Space for Free Arts, all in Helsinki.