The work began as
a search for a ‘typically
Finnish’ landscape
via conversations with local people. It was decided that an area close
to the village of Lieto, 15km east of the City of Turku best fitted the
description. A map of this area was matched to an autumnal satellite image
from which a line of 17 pixels were chosen. These pixels were colour matched
and carefully reproduced at 1:1 scale using paint and board.
painted
pixels on drying rack (2007)
The monochromatic
paintings were then installed and photographed in the exact place they
had once represented so that a digital autumnal landscape was placed
into a real winter landscape.
pixels
installed in the original landscape (2007)
detail
of painted pixels installed in the original landscape (2007)
31 March - 13 May 2007.
Artists in the exhibition: Chris Burden (USA), Ed Burton (UK), Phil Coy (UK), Anita Fontaine (AUS), Juha Huuskonen & Tuomo Tammenpää (FIN), Animaatiokone Industries (FIN) , Manu Luksch (AUT), Zachary Lieberman (USA), Kristina Lindströn & Åsa Ståhl (SWE), Soda (UK)
15 September - 13 October 2007.
Artists in the exhibition: Maria Anwander, Ruben Aubrecht, Paul Carter, Amanda Couch, Phil Coy, Cinzia Cremona, Richard Ducker, Shahram Entekhabi with Becky Ofek, Lothar Götz , Andrea Gregson, Andy Harper, Aisling Hedgecock, Charlie Jeffery, Christy Johnson, Fiona MacDonald, Sarah Pucill, Julian Hughes Watts , Laura White.