During the Spring Exhibition 2023, Ssi Saarinen (Finland, 1995), Ona Julija Lukas Steponaityte (Lithuania, 1992), and Iida Jonsson (Norway, 1997) were granted the Deep Forest Art Land Award, the last prize awarded in a three-year collaboration between the Charlottenborg Foundation @foraarsudstillingen.dk and @deepforestartland.
Their artwork ‘November II’ can now be experienced in the sculpture park Deep Forest Artland in Kibaek, Jutland.
About the work:
A grid of solar panels lies at the edge of a pond, partly submerged in water and partly exposed to the shore, appearing as if they’ve been either washed away or knocked down by some force. In this sculpture park, one can witness a reenactment of an event, similar to a scene from a film set. A landscape is not only an image difficult to penetrate or step into, but also a manifestation of the various disciplines and infrastructures of power that shape it.
The composition is a reconstruction of how the solar panels were found. Just as how film would be exposed to space and preserve it in time, the panels bear witness to this event.
About the artists:
Ssi Saarinen (Finland, 1995), Ona Julija Lukas Steponaityte (Lithuania, 1992), and Iida Jonsson (Norway, 1997), are a collective working in the Baltic region. They all hold Masters degrees in Fine Arts from Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam.
Their works have previously been exhibited at KIN Museum of Contemporary Art, the 59th Venice Biennale: The Milk of Dreams, De Thomas, inter.pblc, Nr. 1 Main Road, and Whitechapel a.o.
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