Lighthouses

I collect things such as sticks, stones, small objects and matches used to light my stove so that I can boil the kettle for a cup of tea. These collections, which I refer to as my archive, become the material make-up of my installations; they are material that I take, keep and move around with as I move around. I find myself inland. Here the trees on the hill lean towards the water as if they are watching the river. From this starting point I orientate myself towards several beacons; places where I have visited and intend to revisit. For a long time, it’s been a habit of mine to mull over memories, turning material over in my mind until a shift occurs and I feel the material could be transformed into something else; a new story. I’m in the process of returning these collections; placing myself in the position of moving towards the coast, to the ocean, yet most of my time is spent in-between these journeys; situated in the colours that form between beacons – where you now stand within or nearby. This installation spatially manifests the diagram of one aspect of a research plan; where returning enables an experience of consciously being with a system and, through that, both recognising what that experience is as a dynamic entity and a form that co-becomes with landscape.

This work was shown first in the Research Exhibition: Idiorrhythmic Imaginaries, Kuva/Tila gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Curated by Henk Slager with contributions from Amanda Beech (Resident keynote), Jaime Belmonte & Paola Fernanda (Uniarts Helsinki), Kerry Guinan (Valand Academy, Gothenburg), Heidi Hänninen (Uniarts Helsinki), Marleena Huuhka (Tampere University), Joanna Kalm (Estonian Academy of Arts), Noora Karjalainen (Uniarts Helsinki), Kristiina Koskinen (University of Lapland), Veli Lehtovaara (Uniarts Helsinki), Christian Nyampeta (Resident keynote), Dominik Schlienger (Uniarts Helsinki), Kerstin Schroedinger & Angela Melitopoulos (Uniarts Helsinki), Whyte & Zettergren: Rut Karin Zettergren & Orlando Whyte (Uniarts Helsinki),

It was shown again at Retrito Smarsas Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania as part of the exhibition Lookfar which was coordinated by Giedrius Satkūnas

Photos of Installation at Retrito Smarsas Gallery by Aleksandra Ivanova