https://eetusihvonen.com Eetu Sihvonen Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:42:56 +0000 https://eetusihvonen.com en https://eetusihvonen.com/Front-page Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:19:43 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Front-page Ongoing &amp; Upcoming 2026 Jun-Jul, solo show, Marc Bibiloni, Madrid, ES 2027 Jan, solo show, Lou, Helsinki, FI <img width="1632" height="2464" width_o="1632" height_o="2464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9222c7bbd39a866cbbf8435fe9798d7e48982a6a5b0dfb619a625202422f88d3/1-2-netti.png" data-mid="246482794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9222c7bbd39a866cbbf8435fe9798d7e48982a6a5b0dfb619a625202422f88d3/1-2-netti.png" /> Sap Pod,&nbsp;2026 Hand-carved pine wood, 3D prints 86 x 64 x 15 cm https://eetusihvonen.com/Origin Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:42:56 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Origin Origin, 2025 In the Mirror the Shadows of Time Dissappears Vantaa Art Museum Vantaa, Finland 01.10.2025–15.3.2026 Hand-carved pine wood, 3D prints photography by Santeri Kuisma <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d32b9a94e0b98a06d7b0c7e28fce271140dc620560d342b5e8b0bc2611d13001/_DSF7674-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d32b9a94e0b98a06d7b0c7e28fce271140dc620560d342b5e8b0bc2611d13001/_DSF7674-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c33f1555ee266fc35c55b44f8a814b8ef3c92256da32c3ee0f8e8856a12491bd/_DSF7682-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c33f1555ee266fc35c55b44f8a814b8ef3c92256da32c3ee0f8e8856a12491bd/_DSF7682-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fcb34a3d27f6199e2c39d33dc9b39d34c22bd13c571dc572198dd2b189ce524/_DSF7717-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213470" border="0" 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<img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/577d6f16e21b8dfad6b4c6aa64351e6308b48e1c9f1ef8145257fd02c088b04b/_DSF7685-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213438" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/577d6f16e21b8dfad6b4c6aa64351e6308b48e1c9f1ef8145257fd02c088b04b/_DSF7685-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/082b06c3784521503300e4cb719d1950e9ffa387cecce74ccd11515fe56c81dd/_DSF7781-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/082b06c3784521503300e4cb719d1950e9ffa387cecce74ccd11515fe56c81dd/_DSF7781-copy.jpg" /> <img width="1365" height="2048" width_o="1365" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e26e949c7bd59a0d229ba007d9af3e6bf95df205990c315d49b50b5992077376/_DSF7841-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213442" border="0" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8373bf89b7b806f9a7ea13186c4d184673e23a8c28d07af4b82761c64ed0ff2/_DSF7770-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8373bf89b7b806f9a7ea13186c4d184673e23a8c28d07af4b82761c64ed0ff2/_DSF7770-copy.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40622633438b61734bbd9aaa351d4f56922726699907842d839004c1e6489bd4/_DSF7660-copy.jpg" data-mid="246213520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40622633438b61734bbd9aaa351d4f56922726699907842d839004c1e6489bd4/_DSF7660-copy.jpg" /> https://eetusihvonen.com/Saline-Binds Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:47:36 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Saline-Binds Saline Binds duo show Temnikova &amp; Kasela Tallinn, Estonia 25.10.2024–5.1.2025 text by Keiu Krikman photography by Stanislav Stepashko <img width="2048" height="1610" width_o="2048" height_o="1610" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5437d669efe022efbee18554b3740f1f62ae0169a64f1c23c0b1bf9af63e1f35/SalineBinds-77.jpg" data-mid="225388249" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5437d669efe022efbee18554b3740f1f62ae0169a64f1c23c0b1bf9af63e1f35/SalineBinds-77.jpg" /> The exhibition Saline Binds brings together works by two Helsinki-based artists, Man Yau and Eetu Sihvonen. Although both artists are exhibiting works stemming from their individual and distinct practices, presenting very different artistic expressions, they also share a similar sensibility and a strong focus on material in their storytelling. Man Yau’s work often takes a closer look at distinct cultural contexts and examines these through her own experience as a woman and a BIPOC artist. For example, her work addresses issues like exoticisation, the patriarchal gaze and the subsequent expectations of performativity. Yau counters these processes and resulting structures of power through creating artefacts that combine cultural analysis, personal experiences and are able to stand against stereotyping. For Saline Binds, Yau has created a series of sculptures that become a convergence point for multiple and simultaneous cultural, social and individual identities – but also placing them in the lineage of art histories that have not been historically offered a central position. These include elements of an outfit – a cowboy hat made of glass, porcelain parts bound into a protective jacket, intricately patterned cast bronze chopine heels, and ceramic hunting elements. The items are extravagant, eclectic and performative – protective and empowering but ultimately heavy on the body of the wearer. The tension between the body and its covers is further made visible through colourful chinoiserie patterns, elements of intrusive hands and motifs of crying eyes and tears. For Yau, this carries the complexities of performativity and femme power. Eetu Sihvonen’s work presents a strange world with a cast of peculiar characters – Bruegel-like scenes in surreal humour. Inspired by the utopia of Cockaigne, an imaginary world of ease and abundance that stood in opposition to the harshness of medieval peasant life filled with labour and scarcity. So, the world Sihvonen constructs through their artworks is not one of godly splendour or high-class luxury but rather hails from a more down-to-earth utopia, regardless of presenting elements of fantasy and wonder. Wall pieces presented at Saline Binds add to Sihvonen’s world of oddities. Here the scenes are contained in drops of water – a single tear encompasses a whole world – held by wooden structures. The 3D printed tableaus include a delicate cast of characters, intricate patterns and architectural ornamentation, linking the works to the fantasy genre. Referencing a somewhat archaic world, the materials and techniques Sihvonen uses, are combined in a way that evokes both the past and a very contemporary mode of working – 3D printed objects stand alongside hand-carved pieces. This might make the viewer consider the role of an artisan, someone who makes with their hands and has expert knowledge – could a craftsman also mean a master of digital objects or is there a perceived hierarchy between the two? And what would a contemporary workers’ utopia look like for these tradesmen? At a glance, the artistic practices of Yau and Sihvonen seem very different, however, they both are invested in similar sensibilities, themes or approaches. In Saline Binds, among these, abundance, focus on narrative and experimenting with material stand out. Abundance, however, is not aspirational in itself for either of the artists – although they both have a rich visual and material language, that richness is in service or personal and cultural expression and narrative. From the times of William Morris, the idea of masterful and exquisite (and therefore luxurious) craft has been linked to questions of social class, availability and accessibility. In their work, too, Yau and Sihvonen think through material and view it as representative of distinct representation of cultural and social markers. And this, in turn, allows them to create playful narratives around the objects they have crafted, or leave the task to the viewer, left wondering about the experiences of the characters and creatures the works evoke. In the end though, at the convergence point of everything, stands the body not unlike our own – blood, sweat, tears and all – living and soiling itself and the material around it with its salty liquids, aspiring towards unbound horizons. <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2b39c0f8e6cdbf78072e04f7877ba44b62e50bb5a37efa2f8ffcd25a3615e87/SalineBinds-18.jpg" data-mid="225388499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2b39c0f8e6cdbf78072e04f7877ba44b62e50bb5a37efa2f8ffcd25a3615e87/SalineBinds-18.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cb44ea95b5e9304c7d6f945385143f19ba91384c7165acab558318b3592de04/SalineBinds-21.jpg" data-mid="225388509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cb44ea95b5e9304c7d6f945385143f19ba91384c7165acab558318b3592de04/SalineBinds-21.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24d746c488aed6990cefd49b019a2e1cb997b35aefc808219eb733c7358c4503/SalineBinds-14.jpg" data-mid="225388508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24d746c488aed6990cefd49b019a2e1cb997b35aefc808219eb733c7358c4503/SalineBinds-14.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d310acb128485cfdcabcc81da0f11aa1c595b9986ece1c4db472fd3b7be41ca/SalineBinds-22.jpg" data-mid="225388510" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d310acb128485cfdcabcc81da0f11aa1c595b9986ece1c4db472fd3b7be41ca/SalineBinds-22.jpg" /> Mourning Dew III (”One gentle push more, perhaps?”), 2024Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye64 x 24 x 23 cm <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3d7a60b74d3ab0708d561505a08ee9efcc2dcfa3cc94254fe7a58e9bcaf5c2a/SalineBinds-27.jpg" data-mid="225387996" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3d7a60b74d3ab0708d561505a08ee9efcc2dcfa3cc94254fe7a58e9bcaf5c2a/SalineBinds-27.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9eeb2513a88ee6c0c913bae3997c03718a446d94646e0c8297715293b02a2c7/SalineBinds-26.jpg" data-mid="225387995" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c9eeb2513a88ee6c0c913bae3997c03718a446d94646e0c8297715293b02a2c7/SalineBinds-26.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014e5a27c6fa41ba85cadfefc5db8aaed8e63eef18fcc322bf7c62a09f11f548/SalineBinds-28.jpg" data-mid="225388000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/014e5a27c6fa41ba85cadfefc5db8aaed8e63eef18fcc322bf7c62a09f11f548/SalineBinds-28.jpg" /> Mourning Dew I (”Ever upward, yet ne’er arrived”),&nbsp;2024Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye80 x 26 x 23 cm <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/811b31379103e3e1a0353888f6dce284f85601d80e90fb7d2a1c9291e3b732a3/SalineBinds-16.jpg" data-mid="225388402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/811b31379103e3e1a0353888f6dce284f85601d80e90fb7d2a1c9291e3b732a3/SalineBinds-16.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1920a43aa72f025dc0d185d28312c3866d821afdbcc958b16f4a30318811eaf4/SalineBinds-23.jpg" data-mid="225388403" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1920a43aa72f025dc0d185d28312c3866d821afdbcc958b16f4a30318811eaf4/SalineBinds-23.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/678277d00fad3eafae1558d278db48936eb6d8fdf7b3f05d64f4539bbcb8fa51/SalineBinds-25.jpg" data-mid="225388404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/678277d00fad3eafae1558d278db48936eb6d8fdf7b3f05d64f4539bbcb8fa51/SalineBinds-25.jpg" /> Mourning Dew II (*Wooden gears crack, water flows in a quiet rush*), 2024Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye73 x 20 x 17 cm <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ae6051d1d84cbeed52b59c56bad6a8db96adc8a7133eea5cabd5d6190410530/SalineBinds-07.jpg" data-mid="225388720" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ae6051d1d84cbeed52b59c56bad6a8db96adc8a7133eea5cabd5d6190410530/SalineBinds-07.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1366" width_o="2048" height_o="1366" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/459e669b2bcbbb7633b69517354c141b6758c5634149f1ada38dc53b619ef246/SalineBinds-85.jpg" data-mid="225388721" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/459e669b2bcbbb7633b69517354c141b6758c5634149f1ada38dc53b619ef246/SalineBinds-85.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b17559e25ec9018fb4d69c746ca0844ea0afdc178551f76ce0b7945f062b45cc/SalineBinds-32.jpg" data-mid="225388666" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b17559e25ec9018fb4d69c746ca0844ea0afdc178551f76ce0b7945f062b45cc/SalineBinds-32.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15f21e1d02b84b89526742657f42864ca533238dc6b5b0d212f10b6c199edde4/SalineBinds-36.jpg" data-mid="225388667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15f21e1d02b84b89526742657f42864ca533238dc6b5b0d212f10b6c199edde4/SalineBinds-36.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e041ececd361df42ecd58400099a5c65a27fc41b1df2107e5b30f396b53bc0b1/SalineBinds-37.jpg" data-mid="225388668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e041ececd361df42ecd58400099a5c65a27fc41b1df2107e5b30f396b53bc0b1/SalineBinds-37.jpg" /> Mourning Dew IV (”I watch but I dare not follow”), 2024Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye69 x 26 x 23 cm <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f08820694a01b71be25c0c77b8d082831ded69f04900782eec0d31a59c4c358/SalineBinds-29.jpg" data-mid="225388712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f08820694a01b71be25c0c77b8d082831ded69f04900782eec0d31a59c4c358/SalineBinds-29.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d585c006602dee28a82e1bb96acb0628bfe80acd42b7ee506a2a7b67320ab2a/SalineBinds-30.jpg" data-mid="225388713" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d585c006602dee28a82e1bb96acb0628bfe80acd42b7ee506a2a7b67320ab2a/SalineBinds-30.jpg" /> <img width="1366" height="2048" width_o="1366" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d010a34c41120c0a923457d3397630884bc5aa0f73e834453981f30f0698c96/SalineBinds-33.jpg" data-mid="225388714" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d010a34c41120c0a923457d3397630884bc5aa0f73e834453981f30f0698c96/SalineBinds-33.jpg" /> Mourning Dew V (”Ahh… What’s left of me flows away”), 2024Oak wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, paraffin oil, dye90 x 28 x 23 cm <img width="2048" height="1262" width_o="2048" height_o="1262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abb522e4ad6152bb8f8fd21f544585cc6fa7753b7a84d4e2c866f33ed3d55d38/SalineBinds-81.jpg" data-mid="225389238" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abb522e4ad6152bb8f8fd21f544585cc6fa7753b7a84d4e2c866f33ed3d55d38/SalineBinds-81.jpg" /> https://eetusihvonen.com/Lacrimal-Lake-House Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:27:40 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Lacrimal-Lake-House Lacrimal Lake Housesolo show Gaa Gallery Cologne, Germany30.8.–2.11.2024 text by Jaakko Rintala photography by Yvo Cho &amp; Eetu Sihvonen <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ae232e21ab4db91ad44e8cd6ccec0fb5ac1272db1ac97ac49f336193cc286bc/GAA-3.jpg" data-mid="220599105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ae232e21ab4db91ad44e8cd6ccec0fb5ac1272db1ac97ac49f336193cc286bc/GAA-3.jpg" /> Lacrimal Lake House is an exploration into themes and motifs that are recognizable from Eetu Sihvonen’s previous work. Their work, as a whole, is an exercise in world-building, or perhaps more pertinently, exploration. As such, it opens a vast landscape, a topography if you will, of somewhere that is at once familiar and estranging. Certain topoi, such as the egg and the burnt ornamental furniture, are recurrent in Sihvonen’s work, yet the world that opens up is of a distant nature, as if covered by a soft veil that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to locate yourself in it, hence the estrangement. This estranging quality can be connected to melancholy, a state in which the subject continues living in surroundings that are at once familiar but somehow altered, as if in ruins. Melancholy and ruination permeate the exhibition’s works, from the pale bluish purple/violet of the resin works to black char of the carved wood. Accordingly, this is the situation the viewer then finds themselves in, exploring an emotional landscape imbued with melancholy and pebbled with ruins. However, there is also a sense of regeneration, present most germanely in the figure of the egg as well as the “salient dew drops”, tears, which ties into the name of the exhibition. In human anatomy, the lacrimal lake is where tears gather, and it is located in-between the eye and the eyelid. Both the egg and the lacrimal lake thus refer to resting, gestating, gathering strength, a state before hatching. Clarice Lispector writes: “The egg is a suspended thing. It has never landed. When it lands, it is not what has landed.” In a similar fashion, a tear is a suspended thing. According to Gilles Deleuze the artwork presents to the viewer sensation which is experienced only by entering the artwork, and it is then felt in the body produced by the artwork. In this sense, the exhibition can be seen as a sort of a role-playing game wherein the viewer traverses the emotional landscape as a wanderer on a journey upon an unknown path, encountering different objects and characters. One of these objects in the exhibition is a renginkaappi, a farmhand’s cabinet, which underscores the transient nature of this journey. Historically this cabinet was intended to hold all of the farmhand’s personal belongings for they knew not when they would be assigned to a new farm and would then have to uproot and locate to their new lodgings, carrying the cabinet on their back. A situation somewhat relatable to most, as explicated in the title of the 2002 album of the Finnish psychedelic folk artist Kuusumun Profeetta: Kukin kaappiaan selässään kantaa, directly translated as Each Carries a Cabinet on Their Back <img width="6025" height="4016" width_o="6025" height_o="4016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8939df2b848a36e9740892b3289f486c823d8c842045f2027730acf6a9459877/GAA-4.jpg" data-mid="220595567" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8939df2b848a36e9740892b3289f486c823d8c842045f2027730acf6a9459877/GAA-4.jpg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b93ddd9f4bd3fbab1394ee973b3d2825a37691a1873d6d98e9460a09df3959b/GAA-1.jpg" data-mid="220600086" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b93ddd9f4bd3fbab1394ee973b3d2825a37691a1873d6d98e9460a09df3959b/GAA-1.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1c55cdfb3299b1d74d4e7e77a8444d23cced214b88dc9113ce1fa45c97cab636/Repro-20.jpg" data-mid="220600108" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1c55cdfb3299b1d74d4e7e77a8444d23cced214b88dc9113ce1fa45c97cab636/Repro-20.jpg" /> Chimeclad Spire of the Shelled Echoes,&nbsp;2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, hardware 210 x 70 x 40 cm <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95a7f7831169eeee190901fff99b78fb29b69dae5eb3be934981db8322ae4242/2_llh.jpg" data-mid="220599708" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95a7f7831169eeee190901fff99b78fb29b69dae5eb3be934981db8322ae4242/2_llh.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/058b9b1065df4d8bd11aaede0ec1ff963a998c2e88d2e3fe51772ae078f6e4a7/1_llh-copy.jpg" data-mid="220599756" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/058b9b1065df4d8bd11aaede0ec1ff963a998c2e88d2e3fe51772ae078f6e4a7/1_llh-copy.jpg" /> Have You Come to Be One With the Dew Drops?&nbsp;2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, hardware 70 x 20 x 25 cm <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/89420a8b903fce7673e4415647454a766dd582b8852f2e017ed8d8a7081ef629/4_llh.jpg" data-mid="220600711" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/89420a8b903fce7673e4415647454a766dd582b8852f2e017ed8d8a7081ef629/4_llh.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59a1ad432becbaeec043c06d23c0f64115b3871410895d7ccf24a5ec0c14a818/Repro-16.jpg" data-mid="220600158" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59a1ad432becbaeec043c06d23c0f64115b3871410895d7ccf24a5ec0c14a818/Repro-16.jpg" /> <img width="4080" height="6120" width_o="4080" height_o="6120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83724fb46b4e4c6464ce02f34e105ce14ca7fedb14a57b8eed53b25b4f9f2cb5/Repro-15.jpg" data-mid="220600157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83724fb46b4e4c6464ce02f34e105ce14ca7fedb14a57b8eed53b25b4f9f2cb5/Repro-15.jpg" /> Constant of the Sacred Saline Dew Drops, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, acrylic paint, hardware 85 x 45 x 30 cm <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50a179329503730bfe90cdc34a349b0c4298b76670769f9f1adc33b13095a76c/GAA-2.jpg" data-mid="220600087" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50a179329503730bfe90cdc34a349b0c4298b76670769f9f1adc33b13095a76c/GAA-2.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90b891286b853a39187f29b4052fcc03868b8b82ed80158fd23c7acc5e81090c/Repro-14.jpg" data-mid="220600886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90b891286b853a39187f29b4052fcc03868b8b82ed80158fd23c7acc5e81090c/Repro-14.jpg" /> Everflow,&nbsp;2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye 178x110x10 cm <img width="3915" height="5872" width_o="3915" height_o="5872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4da03ea26114069ac0d9dce8e534baeb834e3060b8b07d908e4b9385266b4a16/GAA-9.jpg" data-mid="220600091" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4da03ea26114069ac0d9dce8e534baeb834e3060b8b07d908e4b9385266b4a16/GAA-9.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2db2a35024d233cce361233f143e9bcc5cfa94ea2239b68fe7d0965dd7f980bd/Repro-19.jpg" data-mid="220601303" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2db2a35024d233cce361233f143e9bcc5cfa94ea2239b68fe7d0965dd7f980bd/Repro-19.jpg" /> The Weeping Descent, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, hardware 90 x 30 x 30 cm <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45149116134d2553641b8401b895bf1f721b104cc870cd2291d1f7b5377f44a9/GAA-5.jpg" data-mid="220600088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45149116134d2553641b8401b895bf1f721b104cc870cd2291d1f7b5377f44a9/GAA-5.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b7e79a1149a1507462999d40ec28df4c50630f555f8336debb9a411806ce599/5_llh.jpg" data-mid="220601116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b7e79a1149a1507462999d40ec28df4c50630f555f8336debb9a411806ce599/5_llh.jpg" /> Dewkissers, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye 60 x 40 x 8 cm <img width="3965" height="5947" width_o="3965" height_o="5947" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/164ae05d61fc9defb87f6959da1a3a4f622fbd47ca3a5042116168cf04f3317a/Repro-17.jpg" data-mid="220601147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/164ae05d61fc9defb87f6959da1a3a4f622fbd47ca3a5042116168cf04f3317a/Repro-17.jpg" /> Slumbering Warden, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, hardware 60 x 20 x 25 cm <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12e469d62fa9fc4a1b945175928374c90b3c0fd2ca35b19b8461a6835e12d2b4/GAA-7.jpg" data-mid="220600089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12e469d62fa9fc4a1b945175928374c90b3c0fd2ca35b19b8461a6835e12d2b4/GAA-7.jpg" /> <img width="4061" height="6091" width_o="4061" height_o="6091" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21e7a80db512d7b3269f2e23948da79fda9e23d702f06d2b2c5e15c5c97b1e6a/Repro-13.jpg" data-mid="220601191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21e7a80db512d7b3269f2e23948da79fda9e23d702f06d2b2c5e15c5c97b1e6a/Repro-13.jpg" /> I Can’t Stay for Long, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye 178x110x10 cm <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38367fd902bfc1eaaa0ce9165f3c9efab5cf6bc58fae27266aab303c96f2b04e/3_llh.jpg" data-mid="220599707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38367fd902bfc1eaaa0ce9165f3c9efab5cf6bc58fae27266aab303c96f2b04e/3_llh.jpg" /> <img width="4160" height="6240" width_o="4160" height_o="6240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dc51d200cfae052e9a313792a3640557a21d5390c003f1ef8469b0022a0c822/Repro-18.jpg" data-mid="220601255" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dc51d200cfae052e9a313792a3640557a21d5390c003f1ef8469b0022a0c822/Repro-18.jpg" /> The Sacred Drops... I mustn’t let them weep, 2024 Charred pinewood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dye, hardware 55 x 20 x 25 cm <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0279def9b0f4bb7577817e3e98658ee7918878d8e49395d8a90cf9278e235890/GAA-8.jpg" data-mid="220600090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0279def9b0f4bb7577817e3e98658ee7918878d8e49395d8a90cf9278e235890/GAA-8.jpg" /> https://eetusihvonen.com/Sacred-Saline-Dew-Drops-and-Other-High-Jinks Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:21:09 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Sacred-Saline-Dew-Drops-and-Other-High-Jinks Sacred Saline Dew Drops and Other High Jinks Solstice FestivalRuka, FinlandJune 20247-part sculpture installationCharred pine wood, 3D printed soy-based resin, linseed oil, dyePhotography by Eetu Sihvonen, Felix Bardy, Dennis Konoi, Samuli Vienola <img width="1920" height="1272" width_o="1920" height_o="1272" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/120db4d1e7be439b3078e0913cef9fbd48cf8eef4ea2ffc252cce10c202e601f/20240620_0486.jpg" data-mid="213724919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/120db4d1e7be439b3078e0913cef9fbd48cf8eef4ea2ffc252cce10c202e601f/20240620_0486.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dfd92c826af460abedac4f40fd73932347d490bc71d2b4b8ea8403be6e7300d/20240620_0468.jpg" data-mid="213724903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9dfd92c826af460abedac4f40fd73932347d490bc71d2b4b8ea8403be6e7300d/20240620_0468.jpg" /> https://eetusihvonen.com/Log-1 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 11:12:06 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Log-1 Log 1 �’s 74th Birthday Party Featuring work by Eetu Sihvonen, Ilê Sartuzi &amp; Arieh Frosh&nbsp; Installation by Amelie Mckee and Melle Nieling Plicnik Space IniativeLondon, United Kingdom6.4.–2.6.2024The events in LOG 1 through 3 are based on the experiences of an unknown form, following the traces of a lost entity through spacetime, profiling its trajectory in the process. It has reconstructed this moment within its limited ability, piecing together fragments to form a whole. <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8da611fa30a41007bd9266f4215728a4b3e993f0443797131769ba522cd8fc8f/Plicnik_Log-1_install_00212.jpg" data-mid="214160944" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8da611fa30a41007bd9266f4215728a4b3e993f0443797131769ba522cd8fc8f/Plicnik_Log-1_install_00212.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ff6a651ed9dd1ea8cb1d320e349931d694330f8f036f9f43d3157b0b97b0b1e/Plicnik_Log-1_Eetu-Sihvonen_00238.jpg" data-mid="214160942" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ff6a651ed9dd1ea8cb1d320e349931d694330f8f036f9f43d3157b0b97b0b1e/Plicnik_Log-1_Eetu-Sihvonen_00238.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1920" width_o="1440" height_o="1920" 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II, 2023wood, linseed oil, resin, dye32x23x10cm <img width="1280" height="1920" width_o="1280" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf6e6a41b80d5a0ec2c9832eaeadc0ddbf45dea8f6d1d0f308a958eb1030255e/IMG_9707.jpg" data-mid="214160368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf6e6a41b80d5a0ec2c9832eaeadc0ddbf45dea8f6d1d0f308a958eb1030255e/IMG_9707.jpg" /> <img width="1280" height="1920" width_o="1280" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a2cb733bace4be50e7a97778fa4354b029c6e6e7f745d33a2eadc633e28ac0c/IMG_9710.jpg" data-mid="214160369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a2cb733bace4be50e7a97778fa4354b029c6e6e7f745d33a2eadc633e28ac0c/IMG_9710.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01450267143d0e3c4f7c055d194e741350cfb536d42cc3729b453ee6c4d0b612/IMG_9764.jpg" data-mid="214160377" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01450267143d0e3c4f7c055d194e741350cfb536d42cc3729b453ee6c4d0b612/IMG_9764.jpg" /> Dayrim (Dearworth Duo) I, 2023wood, linseed oil, resin, dye37x20x16cm <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12e6ed62994b31cb3c7f94d8a358727c31539995089c088923e062c8f5d729ac/IMG_9754.jpg" data-mid="214160376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12e6ed62994b31cb3c7f94d8a358727c31539995089c088923e062c8f5d729ac/IMG_9754.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1282" width_o="1920" height_o="1282" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ac992b686ce5f9712f1cff7a188e0ab62e19de4bf8edab604b9936dc76143f9/AndreaFesta231227_fotoEleonoraCerriPecorella6463.jpg" data-mid="214160650" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ac992b686ce5f9712f1cff7a188e0ab62e19de4bf8edab604b9936dc76143f9/AndreaFesta231227_fotoEleonoraCerriPecorella6463.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/902799e6883784a71ae41f7251b2297ae60f4e72702b65eed0ce7883e41f4eca/20231215_0437.jpg" data-mid="214160318" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/902799e6883784a71ae41f7251b2297ae60f4e72702b65eed0ce7883e41f4eca/20231215_0437.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c1fa70c29482389520f1a3ec58f08539035291a127c2a466beceade464a01f8/1HQ.jpg" data-mid="214160312" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c1fa70c29482389520f1a3ec58f08539035291a127c2a466beceade464a01f8/1HQ.jpg" /> Dayred II, 2023wood, linseed oil, resin, dye37x20x16cm<img width="1920" height="1282" width_o="1920" height_o="1282" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea00d13d3b7dcddef8d640c7c92092f828fd38b0a4b7754135884ef8cbdefc8d/AndreaFesta231227_fotoEleonoraCerriPecorella6419.jpg" data-mid="214160649" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea00d13d3b7dcddef8d640c7c92092f828fd38b0a4b7754135884ef8cbdefc8d/AndreaFesta231227_fotoEleonoraCerriPecorella6419.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4263b8e61192e376fdcf770218792f9ed34dab3ca8dbaa016ad85cbda67c96e3/2HQ.jpg" data-mid="214160313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4263b8e61192e376fdcf770218792f9ed34dab3ca8dbaa016ad85cbda67c96e3/2HQ.jpg" /> <img width="1272" height="1920" width_o="1272" height_o="1920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cfe80217a8a9cea05cb4200de0928f6789f39a365df978ae8efcafdcb099e36/20231215_0428.jpg" data-mid="214160317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cfe80217a8a9cea05cb4200de0928f6789f39a365df978ae8efcafdcb099e36/20231215_0428.jpg" /> Dayred I, 2023wood, linseed oil, resin, dye37x20x16cm <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22667ea60dc85450a50f76c5f2843686027a20ad49f822fd2a632aea6f5fee72/5D9A0B4B-09BD-49B8-8BA6-7ED9438ED074.jpg" data-mid="214160315" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22667ea60dc85450a50f76c5f2843686027a20ad49f822fd2a632aea6f5fee72/5D9A0B4B-09BD-49B8-8BA6-7ED9438ED074.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b025f7b881a3222fc37a6973e85833e519fa9aa76f0aaef1d15d3e5a5271f135/252376B7-9F94-46DA-BA23-70F1B1421A7E.jpg" data-mid="214160316" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b025f7b881a3222fc37a6973e85833e519fa9aa76f0aaef1d15d3e5a5271f135/252376B7-9F94-46DA-BA23-70F1B1421A7E.jpg" /> Chime Flail, Bellow Shell , 2024wood, linseed oil, resin, dye 103x30x22cm https://eetusihvonen.com/Gileyspeke Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:19:46 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Gileyspeke Gileyspeke <img width="2518" height="3358" width_o="2518" height_o="3358" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19c9d9f7f4e57c3246d534bd7423295f287dab5bda7aa5a3ba9188d7132e7b48/IMG_1039.jpg" data-mid="214155224" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/19c9d9f7f4e57c3246d534bd7423295f287dab5bda7aa5a3ba9188d7132e7b48/IMG_1039.jpg" /> Gileyspeke, 2023Oak wood, beeswax, soy-based resin9x7x4cm <img width="1345" height="1794" width_o="1345" height_o="1794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d383c5e810be67a12ca4a28562a9ea52819ae7af4b8546eb0186fbbf86f50ee/1_ESI_008.jpg" data-mid="214155695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d383c5e810be67a12ca4a28562a9ea52819ae7af4b8546eb0186fbbf86f50ee/1_ESI_008.jpg" /> Gileyspeke II, 2023Oak wood, beeswax, soy-based resin, oil pastel25x18x3,5cm <img width="1606" height="1972" width_o="1606" height_o="1972" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1fa6aee42d8acfb4fc8f28400493fc93d7d27c1df4bcfeb74b577b70c479c69/1_ESI_009.jpg" data-mid="214155697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1fa6aee42d8acfb4fc8f28400493fc93d7d27c1df4bcfeb74b577b70c479c69/1_ESI_009.jpg" /> Gileyspeke III, 2023Oak wood, beeswax, soy-based resin, oil pastel 25x18x3,5cm <img width="3500" height="2333" width_o="3500" height_o="2333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4661efcdcf5bc84eb0dda123cce28a3615154fbce439b9c981d9df45f6121a88/1_ESI_008-009.jpg" data-mid="214155696" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4661efcdcf5bc84eb0dda123cce28a3615154fbce439b9c981d9df45f6121a88/1_ESI_008-009.jpg" /> https://eetusihvonen.com/Egg-s-Lore Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:19:44 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Egg-s-Lore Egg's LoreSolo show Light Harvesting Complex&nbsp; Vantaa, FinlandMay 2023 Photography by Eetu Sihvonen &amp; Sara Blosseville <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6f610d761885f62a7039a6fe9a766c2655344be64b9da8d2f5b343f9bb9bb94/5.jpeg" data-mid="186142383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d6f610d761885f62a7039a6fe9a766c2655344be64b9da8d2f5b343f9bb9bb94/5.jpeg" /> She presses her ear against the egg's cool shell, listening to the quiet hum from within: “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.” <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4be38079a973726b02ced44504992dcecf97acc999f9424426fbc83d2cdfdc43/9.jpeg" data-mid="186142387" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4be38079a973726b02ced44504992dcecf97acc999f9424426fbc83d2cdfdc43/9.jpeg" /> <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f35a9651447d5b9ece9aac8f057715cd376eaa28a7c22781a346543d1ffbc1e1/10.jpeg" data-mid="186142390" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f35a9651447d5b9ece9aac8f057715cd376eaa28a7c22781a346543d1ffbc1e1/10.jpeg" /> &nbsp; Suffering Builds Character, 2023 Burnt pine wood, linseed oil, soy-based resin, oil pastel, 45 x 35 x 4 cm <img width="4272" height="2848" width_o="4272" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b12e413355a4b3d7695f5d45b739518256e619445da4ef1984ae8b0dd974b0b/11.jpeg" data-mid="186142392" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b12e413355a4b3d7695f5d45b739518256e619445da4ef1984ae8b0dd974b0b/11.jpeg" /> <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85a57928f8cca0fb9a82356a3beadc5c1532d9ec0228f0b6366a981ff465ea4e/7.jpeg" data-mid="186142385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85a57928f8cca0fb9a82356a3beadc5c1532d9ec0228f0b6366a981ff465ea4e/7.jpeg" /> <img width="2442" height="3663" width_o="2442" height_o="3663" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30f9a52e182346ab92e5bbac6f72e3a5aca115d45ebf120108ecc4128a75314a/14.jpeg" data-mid="186142398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30f9a52e182346ab92e5bbac6f72e3a5aca115d45ebf120108ecc4128a75314a/14.jpeg" /> <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/159b706b9964fb9547db68baff49ec6ed09d5e410be9cefe77fb4bac53e4502f/20.jpeg" data-mid="186142401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/159b706b9964fb9547db68baff49ec6ed09d5e410be9cefe77fb4bac53e4502f/20.jpeg" /> <img width="2442" height="3663" width_o="2442" height_o="3663" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4fec2eaad16ce27e58c333ee2d7d32b22feca87c142623e6d8353bc9520c25fc/15.jpeg" data-mid="186142400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4fec2eaad16ce27e58c333ee2d7d32b22feca87c142623e6d8353bc9520c25fc/15.jpeg" /> Struggle Builds Character, 2023 Burnt pine wood, linseed oil, soy-based resin, oil pastel, 111 x 29 x 4 cm <img width="2848" height="4272" width_o="2848" height_o="4272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03d5f998fca8dd534087052a612005d8632ed11c759ece55f5df739c7c583677/6.jpeg" data-mid="186142384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03d5f998fca8dd534087052a612005d8632ed11c759ece55f5df739c7c583677/6.jpeg" /> <img width="2424" height="3636" width_o="2424" height_o="3636" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0295663ba9e2712fad31a044023bb608fe0fa1f713577323b1f823cb3072502e/24.jpeg" data-mid="186142402" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0295663ba9e2712fad31a044023bb608fe0fa1f713577323b1f823cb3072502e/24.jpeg" /> <img width="4272" height="2848" width_o="4272" height_o="2848" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1f955b35cdb74e59a37b44c51e4f7d310e865ba9928deceac2e3182cc3ece2f/4.jpeg" data-mid="186142381" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1f955b35cdb74e59a37b44c51e4f7d310e865ba9928deceac2e3182cc3ece2f/4.jpeg" /> <img width="3954" height="2636" width_o="3954" height_o="2636" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd244dc84e95baf53e65e057a5a62f9a07b1e21f1591d4343dbbdb3eec8d5ea4/3.jpeg" data-mid="186142380" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd244dc84e95baf53e65e057a5a62f9a07b1e21f1591d4343dbbdb3eec8d5ea4/3.jpeg" /> Larval Tear ( To be Continued), 2023 Burnt pine wood, linseed oil, soy-based resin, oil pastel, 104 x 33 x 32 cm https://eetusihvonen.com/Blues-of-the-Broken-Gate Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:24:13 +0000 Eetu Sihvonen https://eetusihvonen.com/Blues-of-the-Broken-Gate Blues of the Broken GateExhibition with an artist duo Anna Slama &amp; Marek DelongCuration and text by Tina Poliačková &amp; Lumír Nykl Photography by Jakub Hájek Holešovická Šachta Prague, Czech Republic 14.6.–12.7.2023 “I don’t dream of labor...but I do have work-related stress nightmares” You are sitting at a mental lathe, the lapels of your jacket gripping you from both sides like the folders you are flicking through. You wonder whether it would be more effective to ignore the intrusive ticking of the clock on the wall or to move its hands with your eyes. In the end, you opt for the silent treatment, and your mind lets herself out through the collapsed gate into the Land of Cockaigne. <img width="3792" height="5702" width_o="3792" height_o="5702" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e238f90b7465d691190bfcc9f7af70f19514d321478b66d8a345a4eec244dd7a/DSC_1617.jpg" data-mid="186163004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e238f90b7465d691190bfcc9f7af70f19514d321478b66d8a345a4eec244dd7a/DSC_1617.jpg" /> In his book Late Escapism and Contemporary Neoliberalism: Alienation, Work and Utopia, Canadian political scientist Greg Sharzer reflects on the productive escapism that he argues is inherent in the working class. He suggests that the primary response of the individual in the grip of never-ending and alienated labour is not simply a determination to rebel, but to escape to the mental asylum of temporary freedom. Dreaming while awake is the path of least resistance and is often accompanied by a longing for the past, whether lived or imagined or mediated. This is because those who feel the need to escape into dreams.., often wonder how they came to be in their present bleak situation. The urge to escapism is not, of course, motivated solely by feelings of one's own insignificance. Indeed, the main thing that characterizes this state is its ubiquity - every* one of us indulges in daydreaming. However, since this volatile wandering of our minds is often perceived as the equivalent of idleness and a precursor to loafing, not everyone admits to it. Or at least not without assuring ourselves and those around us that we are only temporarily out of our minds and will soon return to the real thing. <img width="6048" height="4024" width_o="6048" height_o="4024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f49f82b930f4f5800f74bf2080fc6d376ef5d0c9f2e3866ec39c078de2e3327/DSC_1675.jpg" data-mid="186163415" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f49f82b930f4f5800f74bf2080fc6d376ef5d0c9f2e3866ec39c078de2e3327/DSC_1675.jpg" /> Let‘s dream for a moment about the Land of Cockaigne, the origin of the anthropomorphic egg that is the subject of Eetu Sihvonen‘s work. A tiny figure from Pieter Brueghel the Elder's painting in the form of an cracked egg with legs, newly equipped with plate armour, frees itself from its literally marginal position at the bottom of the painting, from where it used to rush to meet the resting inhabitans of Cockaigne like the proverbial roast pigeons flying into their mouth. In the updated&nbsp; conception, as developed by Eetu Sihvonen, it takes on a new lore - Egg's lore, incidentally, was the name of the exhibition at the Light Harvesting Complex greenhouse gallery in Vantaa, Finland, where a number of works were previously exhibited, which are also on display at Holešovická Šachta. The composition of Brueghel's original work is often interpreted as circular, like the bulk of the adventurous scenes of the wandering egg by Sihvonen. The original version of the tale of the Land of Cockaigne is based on the narrator's gradual boasting - each new line of the story contains an ever-growing fictional story depicting how great this mythical land is. The mythology or mysterious lore of the Sihvonen’s Egg unfolds as series, carrying a certain mechanical repetition and also reciting a contemporary fable about work. The egg is newly given the opportunity to construct its own narrative of itself step by step. Eetu Sihvonen's own take on utopian Land of Cockaigne lacks the moralistic Protestant critique of idleness and gluttony. On the contrary, it opens up a range of possibilities for sharing and ideas on how to deal together with a life in which we choose our own rules for its narrative. Through static scenes that oscillate between reliefs, visual accompaniments of broadside ballads, stop-motion animations and the user interface of a fantasy RPG, we find ourselves right in the middle of the action through videos. The baroquely decorative enchanted frames produced by Eetu Sihvonen and the ergonomic image adjustments of Mark Delong and Anna Slama's work can serve as an entry point into places where work is not the central motif of the story, but merely the trigger that turns the wheels of the real plot in motion: the search for at least temporary liberation in the recesses of an alienated world. The dynamics of the revelation of mental images and their placement into contexts, the non-linear flow of time in contradictory clockwise directions, themes glimpsed only momentarily from afar, when in the reflection of the glass we see glimpses of familiar faces filtered through the film grain. These are the key points on the basis of which Marek Delong &amp; Anna Slama develop their associative game. The disparate arrangement of strange objects in the space corresponds to the volatile attention and intermittent structure of the mind during daydreaming. At times the striking disparity of the works is a strategy to disrupt the cycle of the egg from the Land of Cockaigne with the memories and dreams of a man stuck in an excruciatingly alienated cycle of work. The work of Eetu Sihvonen and Marek Delong &amp; Anna Slama is, after all, adhesive to each other. 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