MATTOLAITURI (CARPET PIER)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/1nn6ew12

Keywords:

Site-specific, temporary wooden construction, Mikkeli (FI), wooden pier, monument, memory-bound sculpture, material interactivity, artistic research, memory objects, materiality, remembering, experientiality

Abstract

Hanna Vahvaselkä considers wood as both material and carrier of memory. Her site-specific temporary installation, designed to be stumbled upon and made entirely from recycled wood, carries its own stories, as well as those of humans who have come in contact with it.

Author Biography

  • Hanna Vahvaselkä

    Hanna Vahvaselkä is a craft-based sculptor. The material she has been working with for over two decades is wood. In addition to the concrete material, wood is also part of the conceptual content of her artworks, for example, through its transgenerational or forest ecological meanings. Recently, after working continuously with material processes, listening to the language of wood and the will of wood has also become an important part of her work.

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Published

2025-02-21 — Updated on 2025-02-24

Issue

No. 1 (2025): Edge of the Glacier

Section

Articles