Photo: MoA 2006

A Study on Light as Structure, video
Photo: Nina Rantala

A Study on Light as Structure, video
Photo: Nina Rantala

Detail of the final exhibition called About Space in the Media Centre Lume
Photo: Nina Rantala

Nina Rantala

PALLAS Fine Arts
1972, Finland
A Study on Light as Structure – video
In–between

The subject of my diploma work is concentrated perception of space. How space starts to show itself differently and how to see the poetics of space. The focus is on quiet and concentrated sensation. A Study on Light as Structure is part of the degree show called Space that I organized in March 2006. The works featured in the exhibition were about the space they were presented in; they were observations of Media Centre Lume’s gallery. A Study on Light as Structure was shot in June 2005 at Lume gallery. In the installation light moves slowly forming a powerful two–dimensional surface. The spatiality has been dispelled, but the structure of shadows makes the wall dynamic, affecting one’s experience of the whole space.

Duration: 2’21”

Biography

I was born in the village of Kärppä in Oulu. For my first art exhibition I glued pictures on the red brick wall of our home when I was four. My other childhood projects included tending a Greek Orthodox cemetery for bumblebees.
Before the University of Art and Design Helsinki, I studied philosophy in the University of Tampere and sculpture in the Turku Arts Academy. In my works I show the city as a built environment. My diploma work is about the poetics of space and focused observation in Japanese architecture and aesthetics. This is the profession of my dreams.

Contact:

+358 50 304 2924

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Other Masters in this theme:
Henna Aho | Kirsi Andersson | Liina Blom | Jarno Ekström | Maja Gecic | Jussi Kaakinen