Anima Silva | Multimedia installation, sound, video, soil | Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, 2022

Responding to the clear-cut of an old-growth woodland in Pirkkola forest, Helsinki Central Park, Anima Silva explored the dichotomy of presence and absence catalyzed by the sudden disappearance of the multitude of beings who previously formed and inhabited this land. Infusing animistic sensibilities into my creative process, I speculated that the vanished ecosystem remained visible, palpable even, when observed in the reflection of a body of water located within the redefined confines of the lost woodland.

Documentation of the group exhibition “Aukko” at Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki, 2022.