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.