Preachin' To The Choir

Gallery Lapinlahti 
2018


The times we are living in give no light ethical burden. Every single task of our mundane everyday life holds a possibility to reflect the information we receive about the global changes that reach us through the flow of matter and energy. The wellbeing of different communities, formed by humans or other beings, overlaps that of our own. This means constant demand for analysis: Whose good is more important - ours or theirs? How are all these communities intertwined?

In my works I explore the wasteland between intentions and actions; how far clear thoughts and noble speeches stand from the difficulty of making concrete decisions and of holding back. How much talking do we need to turn verbs into action? What is the smallest gesture to convey emotion or intention? What happens when discourse comes to an end?

We all care for the future in one way or another, yet much talk falls on deaf ears. How does one communicate concerns related to the future without being a killjoy? How to communicate the concerns and turn them into constructive acts? To whom to speak?

With these thoughts in mind I face the gallery space as a sanctuary dedicated to the flow of time and the complexity of human nature.
I set the space in liturgical motion in order to give a gentle sermon on anticipatory grief, vanity, frustration, slowness and the imminence of the end of the world (as we know it).