huone on äkkisyvä
suut kelluttavat meitä
minä: Mitä tämä on? Laskosko?
isoisoäiti: Kuka sinä olet?
minä: Mitä tämä on? Laskosko?
isoisoäiti: Kuka sinä olet?
siitä ei jääny paljoa tietoa
(kitkee rikkaruohoja tupakkaviljelmästään)
(kitkee rikkaruohoja tupakkaviljelmästään)
Löysin nämä kirjaimet lattian alta. Punainen liukuu tästä yli, osa on vielä ompelematta. Käsien kaavat ovat herkimmät. En viimeistele reunusta, tästä voisi tulla mitä vain. Katso millaisia pilviä kulkee taivaalla! On vuosi, vuosia. Värit imeytyvät meihin kuin keskustelut joita ei haluta pestä pois ja kuv
the room is abruptly deep
mouths are floating us
I: What is this? A fold?
great-grandmother: Who are you?
I: What is this? A fold?
great-grandmother: Who are you?
we barely know anything about that
(yanks weeds from among the tobacco plants)
(yanks weeds from among the tobacco plants)
I found these letters underneath the floorboards. You see the red sliding over this? There are some parts that still haven’t been sewn. The patterns for the arms are the most delicate ones. I won’t finish the edges, anything could become out of this. Look at all the clouds passing in the sky! This is a year, there are years. Colours absorb into us like conversations we don’t want to wash away, and imag
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Tongue and groove floorboards, screws, sawn planks, hardwax oil
Approx. 420 x 506 x 16 cm
Built with my father
2020
Approx. 420 x 506 x 16 cm
Built with my father
2020
kangastus
(mirage)
Recycled fabrics dyed with yellow onion skins, pins, and thread
Approx. 55 x 20 x 8 cm
2020
The Finnish word kangastus (‘mirage’) includes the word kangas (‘fabric’) in itself.
(mirage)
Recycled fabrics dyed with yellow onion skins, pins, and thread
Approx. 55 x 20 x 8 cm
2020
The Finnish word kangastus (‘mirage’) includes the word kangas (‘fabric’) in itself.
tai tikku jalkapohjassa tai hihaton paita tai puutarha tai
(or a splinter in the foot or a sleeveless shirt or a garden or)
(or a splinter in the foot or a sleeveless shirt or a garden or)
Interpretations of my great-grandmother’s sewing patterns found underneath the floorboards: fabrics dyed with colours from under the feet (yellow and red onion skins, beetroots and carrot tops); threads; hangers, clothing racks and wall fasteners
Various dimensions
2020
Various dimensions
2020
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Book
Graphic design: Arja Karhumaa
96 pages
Edition: 100 pcs.
2020
more info here
Graphic design: Arja Karhumaa
96 pages
Edition: 100 pcs.
2020
more info here
Air Between Floors
Solo exhibition at gallery Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki
2020
Solo exhibition at gallery Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki
2020
English translations by Eve Lahikainen
Read about the exhibition:
Leena Kuumola: Sattumasta arjen runoutta (in Finnish), Taide-lehti 4/2020
The work was supported by Taiteen edistämiskeskuksen visuaalisten taiteiden toimikunta, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, i-Portunus / Creative Europe. Special thanks to Osmo Color.
Read about the exhibition:
Leena Kuumola: Sattumasta arjen runoutta (in Finnish), Taide-lehti 4/2020
The work was supported by Taiteen edistämiskeskuksen visuaalisten taiteiden toimikunta, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, i-Portunus / Creative Europe. Special thanks to Osmo Color.