THE EVENING CRY OF BLACK WOODBECKERS
Detail of the painting installation size 4 x 8 meters
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
ABOUT
HERITAGE: In Virtue Naturae
- On the Spiritual Content of Nature
Art Center Ahjo 14.8.-2.10.2022
Joensuu, FINLAND
"I want to make people think about where we come from, where we are and where we are going? What have we inherited from our ancestors and what is left of it and will there be anything left of it for our descendants?"
I have Finno-Ugric roots and in this exhibition I wanted to respect to way how my ancestors has been living through the thousands of years in straight contact with nature. I wanted to describe the spiritual relationship between human and nature throughout the ages and its importance for spiritual well-being. The goal is to inspire viewers to explore their personal history from this starting point and find healing and tonic details for using in their own lives. I just hope they find they back to that nature spirit or even closer to the nature.
The works are mostly made of recycled and natural materials, including the pigments of paints. I have been a nature and humanright activist almost my entire life, and my artistic production often takes a stand for nature or is handling human living.
THE EVENING CRY OF
BLACK WOODBECKERS
Painting installation size 4 x 8 m
Karelian embroidery, Chinese Ink and
Soy tempera on rice paper
and recycled canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
ABIES SALUTEM:
Greetings of the Spruce tree
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink and Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
DIES CADIT:
The Falling evening
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
IN THE MEADOWS OF KARELIA
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
SONG FOR THE LOVELY MAIDEN
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
BETULA SALUTEM:
Greetings of the Birch tree
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
PINEA SALUTEM:
Greetings of the Pine tree
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
PINEA VESPERI CANTICUM:
The evening song of Pine tree
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
DESTRUCTION OF THE
WINTERWONDERLAND 1.
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
DESTRUCTION OF THE
WINTERWONDERLAND 2.
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
CLEARCUTTERS WINTER PARTY
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
FOREST CONFLICT
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink an Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2021
HOMELESS
100 x100 cm
Chinese Ink and Soy tempera
on rice paper and canvas
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
THE HERITAGE
Installation with old Finno-Ugrig
objects and spruce needles
and Karelian embroidery by
Satu Kalliokuusi 2022
A View from the exhibition at Art Center Ahjo
THE SHAMAN
Installation of sculptures
Birch, spruce roots, walnut tree, paint
Satu Kalliokuusi 2020-2022
- NAM NATURA -
(For the nature! Against the mining!)
Video (4 min)
Directed and filmed by Satu Kalliokuusi 2020-2021
Filmed at Rautuvaara's old and closed mine area in Kolari and Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park
at Lapland/Finland (2020-21)
Put sound quite loud when watching, thanks!
MINING WASTES DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS
There are 44 mines in Finland. More are coming, as more and more mining permits have been issued in recent years, on average around 150 permits per year. More than 10 percent of the country's land area is already under permits and reservations for the mining industry. In some provinces, up to 20 percent of the area is reserved and ore prospecting permits, and in certain areas in Central Lapland, almost every square kilometer is under reservations. Most of Finland's mines are risky. For example, the hundreds of millions of tons of waste planned by Terrafame, Kevitsa and Siilinjärvi Yara would spoil waterways for thousands of years.