https://liisairmelenliwata.com Liisa-Irmelen Liwata Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:41:32 +0000 https://liisairmelenliwata.com en https://liisairmelenliwata.com/tausta Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:30:30 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/tausta <img width="1683" height="1889" width_o="1683" height_o="1889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cfe448d2b8b439d9bff88f7a9ff1c7e16a215ee8f0a5471fb1463d146dd3d40/repro-2.png" data-mid="168045825" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3cfe448d2b8b439d9bff88f7a9ff1c7e16a215ee8f0a5471fb1463d146dd3d40/repro-2.png" /> Current Vesireitit, Lappeenranta art museum (curated by Riikka Thitz) February – May 2026&nbsp;Earthscape, Southnord, Stockholm February – May 2026 Cité internationale des Arts, Paris (residency) March – April 2026 https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Romantic-thought Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:41:32 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Romantic-thought Romantic thought 2025 Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) gallery photos by Tuure Leppänen The being transitions from one state to another, gliding down the wall, back into the ground from which it was born. The being, now more of a region, spreads across the floor, growing itself several poles. They aid with navigation and serve as a reminder that regions, too, can be reborn. At the same time, at the back of the last room, romantic thoughts ring out about seeing oneself as a landscape. The exhibition explores movements in which we become a landscape and movements in which we form ourselves from a landscape. Porous sandy areas, ceramic surfaces and multipolar bronze statues create the suggestion of a changing national landscape National romanticism was a time when landscapes were used to find a shared national identity. Could new landscapes be used to shape new kinds of thoughts about what nationality might look like? <img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a53a8ed329f801416135def1045a7854cb6ecf5c130724c411fbf6ff925f6d64/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-21.jpg" data-mid="246396740" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a53a8ed329f801416135def1045a7854cb6ecf5c130724c411fbf6ff925f6d64/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-21.jpg" />“As they turn into sand” (2025) <img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/853643fb10c5f82aae1868a0c9cb92a53f2bb2c0ba07584bd96e2aa715b301f3/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-4.jpg" data-mid="246396978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/853643fb10c5f82aae1868a0c9cb92a53f2bb2c0ba07584bd96e2aa715b301f3/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-4.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e228a427082b4376b8574da51e805addf332e5c9d2b6f8f13f27d0a2f9dd98d/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-9.jpg" data-mid="246396737" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e228a427082b4376b8574da51e805addf332e5c9d2b6f8f13f27d0a2f9dd98d/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-9.jpg" />“Oloseutu” (2024–ongoing) <img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfe01b5b23dc65f1d2cec2e2563797274761515d1c38d8d29d55e229ae72b5e8/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-10.jpg" data-mid="246396738" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dfe01b5b23dc65f1d2cec2e2563797274761515d1c38d8d29d55e229ae72b5e8/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-10.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/145ba6bf2fe15f6eeb75b337dd2c331d2b29251acedd9966b1836e4386ecf8f8/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-24.jpg" data-mid="246396742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/145ba6bf2fe15f6eeb75b337dd2c331d2b29251acedd9966b1836e4386ecf8f8/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-24.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23da9671069285a8f9f18943975e1d72f6084a901863bf09cf4cd7157a4c721e/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-23.jpg" data-mid="246396741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23da9671069285a8f9f18943975e1d72f6084a901863bf09cf4cd7157a4c721e/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-23.jpg" />“Navel flowers rising from the region” (2025) <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e4466516e2008ae5a0d0e7802900cd209a867b4eaa721da479e698c7d3c6248/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-16.jpg" data-mid="246397694" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e4466516e2008ae5a0d0e7802900cd209a867b4eaa721da479e698c7d3c6248/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-16.jpg" /> &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acd8045d3cde56436c541ab5d98cb002064eb7e632738d745d20dc4b33209ec6/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-17.jpg" data-mid="246397695" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acd8045d3cde56436c541ab5d98cb002064eb7e632738d745d20dc4b33209ec6/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-17.jpg" /> “Multipolar II” (2025) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Multipolar I” (2023) <img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff8a678e83da4b76c6c41c52afc1ce4981a6b2e120635a2e9c21bff9cfa23e07/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-18.jpg" data-mid="246397696" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff8a678e83da4b76c6c41c52afc1ce4981a6b2e120635a2e9c21bff9cfa23e07/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-18.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="1600" height="2000" width_o="1600" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05594e7edb5e36aa68d6472c07bd466c0e4c0e645a5d43a144f928f83f63fe06/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-19.jpg" data-mid="246397697" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/05594e7edb5e36aa68d6472c07bd466c0e4c0e645a5d43a144f928f83f63fe06/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-19.jpg" /> https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Oloseutu Sun, 15 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Oloseutu Oloseutu2024–ongoing ceramics, glass, sand, bronze, water, (chipboard)photos by Tuure Leppänen, Veera Lakovaara / Oulu Art Museum, Meri Hallenberg&nbsp; “Oloseutu” reflects the relationship between national identity and landscape from my Finnish-Congolese background. Throughout history, the landscape has been utilized in the construction of national identity, such as in 19th century Finland that strived for independence. By using landscape as a tool to express emotions the work is formed from personal feelings that give shape to one’s own experience of nationality. There are references to the Congo River and the fishing villages along it, as well as to the frozen currents in the Finnish vicinity. Together the body of work describes an emotional state dealing with loss and the circulation of one’s being.&nbsp; The title of the work refers to Gloria Anzaldúa's borderland theory (Rajaseutu), in which a borderland is described as a third country that has emerged from the clash of cultures between two countries. In the case of the work, a borderland can be thought of as a state (of mind and a nation) which is formed from feelings. By following the changing nature of feelings, the work itself is also in the midst of constant change. As a counterbalance to the classically immortalized national landscape, the work changes its form at different times. At the same time, through temporality and process, it explores what it is like to create a work that isn’t locked into a final form but that lives and breathes aswell. “Oloseutu” exhibited at HAM gallery (2025) <img width="2000" height="1098" width_o="2000" height_o="1098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7321a376cc749c206bae49c07c0be51171c518a0902520a1d08e20bce77c58c4/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-2.jpg" data-mid="246100847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7321a376cc749c206bae49c07c0be51171c518a0902520a1d08e20bce77c58c4/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-2.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a475d6eb4fb9122c85c68fd2bf70789fac54bc338e12dc4b3ba2e307c32c8e6b/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-3.jpg" data-mid="246099537" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a475d6eb4fb9122c85c68fd2bf70789fac54bc338e12dc4b3ba2e307c32c8e6b/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-3.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d90900c1c58635634e86938d0a73ffe577a074a6cf07d00098bb6b71125ee7b/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-14.jpg" data-mid="246100846" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d90900c1c58635634e86938d0a73ffe577a074a6cf07d00098bb6b71125ee7b/Liisa-Irmelen_Liwata_HAM__WEB-14.jpg" /> “Oloseutu” exhibited at Oulu Art Museum (2024) <img width="5731" height="3821" width_o="5731" height_o="3821" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52c8315da58d97764108f41ddf44166ac75b0f9c0e8caade81a0b6334710d93c/edithyv-Tomun-Tieto-117.jpg" data-mid="219197101" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52c8315da58d97764108f41ddf44166ac75b0f9c0e8caade81a0b6334710d93c/edithyv-Tomun-Tieto-117.jpg" /><img width="3524" height="5286" width_o="3524" height_o="5286" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58c13ddfe62dd477eb06f8018eb8c88d484d477b06743d549f9019484a89335a/Tomun-Tieto-119.jpg" data-mid="219197105" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58c13ddfe62dd477eb06f8018eb8c88d484d477b06743d549f9019484a89335a/Tomun-Tieto-119.jpg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="2889" height="4333" width_o="2889" height_o="4333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ff5ecb2748524928022c716d4d1a7bc541ac5a05cc82a4499966732b9ef7cf7/Tomun-Tieto-87.jpg" data-mid="219197104" border="0" data-scale="48" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ff5ecb2748524928022c716d4d1a7bc541ac5a05cc82a4499966732b9ef7cf7/Tomun-Tieto-87.jpg" /> “Oloseutu” exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki (2024) <img width="1701" height="1134" width_o="1701" height_o="1134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1fa39b50604451992a0bc1c86423908613118f461598c89c29ac4d12df62f23f/edit11.jpg" data-mid="218088516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1fa39b50604451992a0bc1c86423908613118f461598c89c29ac4d12df62f23f/edit11.jpg" /><img width="2835" height="1890" width_o="2835" height_o="1890" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae0353b67afb9a91f1c95234447241405e0e335fbb256f80e280da3919bc8666/edit8.jpg" data-mid="218088515" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae0353b67afb9a91f1c95234447241405e0e335fbb256f80e280da3919bc8666/edit8.jpg" /><img width="1134" height="756" width_o="1134" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f465743bd060a6b2c8d79753545d59e0a20940afd70e9c4bde4eb249272be4b/edit3.jpg" data-mid="218088514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f465743bd060a6b2c8d79753545d59e0a20940afd70e9c4bde4eb249272be4b/edit3.jpg" /><img width="1134" height="756" width_o="1134" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ddee93463017c536633999e73aa88c353a0214288428eaa1b75754047e68bd2/edit2.jpg" data-mid="218088513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ddee93463017c536633999e73aa88c353a0214288428eaa1b75754047e68bd2/edit2.jpg" /> https://liisairmelenliwata.com/BFA Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:02:03 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/BFA BFA 2022 ceramics, steel, sound photos by Tuure Leppänen Geographical poles are directly opposite to each other, and they can be used as guidance. A pole can also be understood as the central point of a clearly defined surface. A person’s pole, the navel, is a scar of the moment when they became one. This body of work gently examines the relations between the body, country, and language from the perspective of the formation of one’s cultural identity. It is a spiritual exploration into oneself, one’s place in the world, and one’s navigation within the world. If I were to be divided into countries, how many countries could my body encompass, what would it feel like, and how would one move around in there? In the ceramic pieces, the materiality of the soil appears on the surface of the clay, where images take form through the combination of different coloured clays. The layered rolling of the shapes to the clay slab combines techniques from printmaking and collage art. <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/569a06a0b888bc8413bbc336bc77a3bc49163bc77e9b8e2afc4bf7c1e65be72f/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-2.jpg" data-mid="158160843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/569a06a0b888bc8413bbc336bc77a3bc49163bc77e9b8e2afc4bf7c1e65be72f/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-2.jpg" /> Overview of the three displayed works: Three-poled compass, Formation and audio essay Mapping (avoiding), mapping (collecting) / (fin.) Kartan (välttelen), kartoitan (kerään). <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84868a1a82a5099597eed2827a5d3229f0b31a9101275df816c13cd302a9ade1/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-3.jpg" data-mid="158160847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84868a1a82a5099597eed2827a5d3229f0b31a9101275df816c13cd302a9ade1/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-3.jpg" /> Three-poled compass, 2022, size 135 x 190cm &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcbc3bb75f248c09f1d3d42a494c7e5d65edffb168eb987e00b3167954c13cfd/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-6.jpg" data-mid="158160853" border="0" data-scale="77" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fcbc3bb75f248c09f1d3d42a494c7e5d65edffb168eb987e00b3167954c13cfd/LIISA-IRMELEN_FULLREZ-6.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2937" height="3670" width_o="2937" height_o="3670" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d51a10e64e94ad29d690092c0b96ca89165657dc0a369fadb0ed50556c5fe482/Muotoutuma.jpg" data-mid="158161536" border="0" data-scale="64" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d51a10e64e94ad29d690092c0b96ca89165657dc0a369fadb0ed50556c5fe482/Muotoutuma.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Formation, 2021-2022, 35 x 55cm https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Maisemissa Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:25:05 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Maisemissa Maisemissa 2023 ceramics, steel photos by Aukusti Heinonen “Maisemissa” works took part of Solar Noon group exhibition curated by Riikka Thitz. More information of the exhibition can be found from www.idolci.space/solar-noon. The works represent moments when a being transforms into something else. Moments when the next state of being can be found in the layered sediments. As a fossilised memory of the time when a person became one with the place. In the works, I have thought about the intertwining of person and place through sliding figures and imprints of stone shapes in clay. The works are made by layering clays of different colours,&nbsp; reminiscent of the sedimentary layers. Through the interweaving of the forms of person and place, I have been thinking about the cycle of life and decay, where a person slowly merges into a part of the environment. At the end of this cycle, a person becomes small particles everywhere, forever participating in the birth of new life. <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d75b241493e801dd08bf648beda694957fc722a7aa52866680d3a68b0c944e59/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-08.jpg" data-mid="192545181" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d75b241493e801dd08bf648beda694957fc722a7aa52866680d3a68b0c944e59/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-08.jpg" /><img width="0" height="0" width_o="0" height_o="0" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i//AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-05.jpg" data-mid="192545177" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/0/i//AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-05.jpg" /> <img width="0" height="0" width_o="0" height_o="0" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i//AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-05.jpg" data-mid="192545177" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/0/i//AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-05.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1874" width_o="2500" height_o="1874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/961e1d09d55f240ed1ff5bee3118fb6332b8eb7ab7ba5cb2ba4c1459707193c7/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-12-1.jpg" data-mid="192545241" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/961e1d09d55f240ed1ff5bee3118fb6332b8eb7ab7ba5cb2ba4c1459707193c7/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-12-1.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee007fc60190b470a5af18bb767d72f0ed387b52b4dfb17806e9818e871b25bc/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-10.jpg" data-mid="192545183" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee007fc60190b470a5af18bb767d72f0ed387b52b4dfb17806e9818e871b25bc/AH-SOLAR-NOON-LORES-10.jpg" /> https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Dictionary-of-alienation Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:59:15 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Dictionary-of-alienation Dictionary of alien nation 2020 paper, text, photographs The zine Dictionary of alien nation plays with the concept of a dictionary that translates foreigner-centered Finnish words into English defined through poems. The piece discusses topics such as alienation and externality through observing the similarities that are linked with strangeness, foreigners and aliens. The photo collages present the human bodies which have turned into an undefinable alien form. <img width="2976" height="2388" width_o="2976" height_o="2388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14baf92d96980213f1f6ee710ad274472ccd7a1bd9bc5a4c9ce29f2d69230d24/dicci.png" data-mid="132761613" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14baf92d96980213f1f6ee710ad274472ccd7a1bd9bc5a4c9ce29f2d69230d24/dicci.png" /><img width="3848" height="2773" width_o="3848" height_o="2773" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48189185b31285af194afdeaecead55a46f431e790a470e513b520a81e74336a/4.png" data-mid="132762743" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/48189185b31285af194afdeaecead55a46f431e790a470e513b520a81e74336a/4.png" /><img width="2551" height="1854" width_o="2551" height_o="1854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19ab6582c6b3410f959bf6837c1848175e78f6721eb001a0f6e982fca63c5662/33.png" data-mid="132762728" border="0" data-scale="84" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19ab6582c6b3410f959bf6837c1848175e78f6721eb001a0f6e982fca63c5662/33.png" /> https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Solar-Fiction Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:59:15 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Solar-Fiction Solar Fiction 2021 ceramics, paper, text Solar fiction is an invitation to consider the imaginative and experiential aspects of solar-fueled societies. The exhibition brings together artists’ various perspectives, which consider somatic experiences of warmth and light; the loss, creation and desire for companionship; acts of service and care, and imagined alternate modes of being.The project showcases works from Petra Aaltola, Sara Blosseville, Outimaija Hakala, Jonna Halli, Heidi Holmström, Eeva Juuti, Ala Leresteux, Liisa-Irmelen Liwata, Rasmus Mäkelä, Aaron Purple, Emma Sarpaniemi and Ferdinand Waas. Solar Fiction is curated by Onerva Heikka, Ronya Hirsma, Miklas Hoggard, Amanda Ripatti and Maikki Siuko.Maalainen is a ceramic piece made with collage-like nerikomi technique that combines familiar human bodies into alien-like undefinable form. The piece reflects topics discussed in the zine Dictionary of Alienation, which includes the two poems A Stranger’s Passport ‘muukalaispassi’ (alien’s passport) and A Person Re-locating to Earth ‘maahanmuuttaja’ (immigrant). <img width="1581" height="1080" width_o="1581" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7087173c9a75ef8153320c889e2ffc4ce9bac9fcdbd29e571d30bed1fb2d4a5/_DSC9422-1.jpeg" data-mid="132765061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7087173c9a75ef8153320c889e2ffc4ce9bac9fcdbd29e571d30bed1fb2d4a5/_DSC9422-1.jpeg" /> <img width="1618" height="1080" width_o="1618" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a5f9f678ebdc5d044ee4cc764f4eb6062b02c2c2294bb9e000269eba794b28d/_DSC9405.jpeg" data-mid="132765067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a5f9f678ebdc5d044ee4cc764f4eb6062b02c2c2294bb9e000269eba794b28d/_DSC9405.jpeg" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="2953" height="3431" width_o="2953" height_o="3431" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/004a5d71029e39744c1de61a2142c335d581907d3db7b021ef12827b7f095edf/kerajalka2.png" data-mid="132766604" border="0" data-scale="55" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/004a5d71029e39744c1de61a2142c335d581907d3db7b021ef12827b7f095edf/kerajalka2.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Maalainen (2021) https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Writing-Tool Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:59:18 +0000 Liisa-Irmelen Liwata https://liisairmelenliwata.com/Writing-Tool Writing Tool&nbsp; 2018 video, wood, text The work deals with the paradoxical relationship between human action and Anthropocene. We, humans, have a long tradition in creating tools - cars, elevators, washing machines - that ease our lives and make it more pleasant. Even though they may have a positive effect in the moment they leave lot of trouble behind.&nbsp;The piece contains a wooden sculpture and a subtitled video that shows its making process and instructs how to use it in practice. The wooden sculpture is a tool that makes writing by computer more efficient when one can switch their fingers to the wooden block.&nbsp; This, of course, does not make writing any easier and the absurdity of it is demonstrated in the video. The shape of the sculpture is bizarre and resembles an ancient tool that an ancestor may have used, which turns the context even more irrational when an ancient tool is used in a modern purpose.Writing Tool was exhibited as a part of Generation 2020 group exhibition at Amos Rex <img width="840" height="474" width_o="840" height_o="474" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b04edb5aea94dd3644d42f5d66f641a0dda1b49fda1eae89b8547c9718ef238/Screen-Shot-2019-05-20-at-13.11.16-2.png" data-mid="133010437" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/840/i/5b04edb5aea94dd3644d42f5d66f641a0dda1b49fda1eae89b8547c9718ef238/Screen-Shot-2019-05-20-at-13.11.16-2.png" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f06eef8f74c294b467b8122b5c7024af81ebab4d73f2bad9cf5cc64c07b629dd/wiritng-amos.jpg" data-mid="133010441" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f06eef8f74c294b467b8122b5c7024af81ebab4d73f2bad9cf5cc64c07b629dd/wiritng-amos.jpg" /> <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/701830a3107a949bc664d58bd60115cfa16997a4b5f6186fbb880fb847f12a4d/_M0A9339.JPG" data-mid="133010420" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/701830a3107a949bc664d58bd60115cfa16997a4b5f6186fbb880fb847f12a4d/_M0A9339.JPG" />