Lea Turto, “The Sacred Realm of the Forest Elf” / “Hiidenvaltakunta” 2005, consists of 11 tree stumps covered with red felt, dotted in one area of the forest. Installed at Helsinki, Central Park (forest).
Lea cut the felt to shape as you would with a garment, both to reveal and to cover the shapes of the roots and tree stumps. With this work Lea examines the spiritual meaning of the forest, the pantheistic connection with nature that her Finnish culture is rooted in. Read more about this work here.
Marja Hakala, “Nimeä uudelleen” / “Rename it”, made of T-shirts / leikatut T-paidat, installed at Kivinokka, Helsinki.
Marja collected second hand and discarded t-shirts then cut out the a circle shaped where the logo appears, then stretched the t-shirts between trees. The red of the t-shirts and the green of the environment contrast – the grass will eventually grow up inside the cut out sections to replace the logos. The cut out holes are also stretched and attached together nearby – without context the viewer can rename the whole work again. Artist website here.
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