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Visual Catalysts exhibition at the Backlight photography festival in Gallery Laikku Tampere 26.9.–18.10.2020

This series consists of photographs around the theme of climate change. They represent collaborative work with several communities in the arctic Lapland, as well as with communities in South Africa, and explorations in the natural parks of Lapland. The pictures shift from one location to another, layered on top of each other.
In Cape Town, South Africa, the local community had to move away to make space for Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The workshop took place with local university teachers and artists, who were discussing the fundamentals of sustainability and created an installation of plastic flowers imitating the real ones found in Kirstenbosch. The Lapland photos were taken during a training workshop on reconciliation around Sámi issues. The concept of sustainability inherently includes the notion of transformation or shift. Achieving balance within the natural environment always requires some form of transformation, whether it is natural or a result of the Anthropocene.

Here you can visit the exhibition virtually.

What a treasure came through mail (!) #VisualCatalysts exhibition book #Backlight2020 So many thanks Editor @JuhaSuonpää (!) Beautiful paper book #Everythingwillchange

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