Locals, 2012

Public Commission at Leinelä roundabout, Vantaa

Polished laser cut acid resistant steel, 2,5 x 2,5 x 6 m.

Curator Anne Kaarna-Suomi, Vantaa Art Museum

Metal works: Jukka Merta, Selki-Asema Oy

Concrete works: Tieluiska Oy

Light desigh: Pöyry Oy

Locals is sculpture depicts a tussock of  local wild plants.Work plays with idea of statue and memorial.  Sculpture appears as a monument for smallest local native habitants which inhabited the area before buiding of suburb. Plants in the work are depicted as a 3D-version of taxonomic images in herbariums. They are like specimens of their species put back to natural setting