Waving Twigs, Image taken from exhibition space (Näsin Kartano, Porvoo, Finland). © Emmi Pennanen, 2023, Porvoo.
Installation with four performative objects, digital prints and drawings on paper:
Waving Twigs (put your left arm inside and wave carefully), wearable arm out of woven birch twigs from trees around Porvoo
Hugging Hay (put your arms in the sleeves and hug the hay), hugging jacket out of tulle, filled with hay from Maarin Puisto (Porvoo, Finland).
Kissing Rock (take a red fabric piece, place it on the stone and kiss it into the shape of the rock), piece of rock found next to the Nasi glacial erratic (Porvoo, Finland), covered with waxed (bee wax fabric pieces that were kissed in shape.
Crying River Tears (place the holes on your thumb and middle finger and let the water drip), handkerchief with two holding holes containing steel wire rings, glass filled with water from Forvoonioki (Porvoo, Finland).
Crying River Tears (place the holes on your thumb and middle finger and let the water drip), handkerchief with two holding holes containing steel wire rings, glass filled with water from Forvoonioki (Porvoo, Finland).
Kissing Rock, Performative Object, grenite rock found at Nasi glacial erratic, Porvoo, bee-waxed cotton patches, 2023.
© Lea Maria Wittich
© Lea Maria Wittich
Crying River Tears, Performative Object, Cotton handkerchief with finger holes, reinforced with sewn-in metal rings that rust over time, Glas jar with water from the Forvoonioki river, prints of digital collages with hand-written notes, 2023.
© Emmi Pennanen, 2023, Porvoo.
© Emmi Pennanen, 2023, Porvoo.
Waving Twigs, Performative Object, found willow twigs from Porvoo, woven to a wearable glove, 100x450mm, 2023.
© Lea Maria Wittich, 2023.
© Lea Maria Wittich, 2023.
Hugging Hay, Performative Object, wearable object, hay found around Näsin kartano, 500x450mm, 2023. © Emmi Pennanen, 2023.