2020
Liisa Lounila, Shadow Zone
Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland 28 February 2020 - 10 January 2021 There’s a stillness in Liisa Lounila’s moving image works that inspires an urge to slow-down, to sit-down and to stay put, for a while. Shadow Zone, a collection of pieces from 2008 to 2020, challenges the viewer to observe the slight nuances in a seemingly repetitive world and provide a space in which to reinvigorate our relationship with the screen. Published 29 July 2020, by thisistomorrow. Image: Liisa Lounila, Garden. Still, HD Video (2017-19). |
2019
We Live in an Ocean of Air
Marshmallow Laser Feast, Saatchi Gallery, London 7 December 2018 - 5 May 2019 It’s easy to forget the tranquility of nature in a bustling city like London. Despite it offering several lush, green spaces, most visitors will be unfamiliar with the Sequoia tree – quoted as the biggest living organism in the world by Marshmallow Laser Feast, the creators behind Virtual Reality experience We Live in an Ocean of Air at Saatchi Gallery, London. Published 14 May 2019 by Aesthetica. Image: We Live in an Ocean of Air, 2018. |
Charlotte Dawson, Set in Sediment
AirSpace Gallery, Stoke, UK 22 February - 2 March We meander through life like a river; searching for traces of past stories to add meaning to current narratives: rarely is this a linear process. A graduate's journey is riddled with curving pathways, misdirections and meanderings. Set in Sediment tussles between an intrinsic want for stability and continuity through memory and a desire to loosen the archetypal clasp placed around objects, heritage and culture. Image: Charlotte Dawson, 2019. |
Landscape into Eco Art
Mark Cheetham, Penn State University Press Cheetham clarifies early on that he does not attempt to “revive landscape [..] but to remember it.” Still, Landscape into Eco Art is far from nostalgic: it is forwarding-thinking in building a case for the connection between eco art and landscape and land art across eras. Eight case studies, spread across five chapters, detail the connections and incongruences in examples from the 19th century to the present day. Published 3 April by Aesthetica. Image: Reinhard Reitzenstein, Transformer, 2000. |
Glasshouse Greenhouse
Haarkon, Pavilion Books Glasshouse Greenhouse is an ode to structures, big and small, which house plant life. Over the last few years, Haarkon have documented their experiences of botanical spaces around the world. The duo have fuelled their enthusiasm for these sites by developing a multi-fold relationship: plants, design, travel and writing unfurl and intwine in their first publication. Published 28 January by Photomonitor. Image: Detail, Sunhouse (ii) in San Francisco. Copyright and courtesy of Haarkon and Pavilion Publishing. |