Accessible Landscape – Ari Björn

Theme
The thematic starting point of the exhibition is our relationship with the built, the unbuilt, and the immaterial environment. I address this subject through installation and photography.

Landscape
Where and what kind of landscape is it?
The concept of “landscape” does not require originality, nor could it have that demand, especially in the context of art. Regardless of the medium, when presented in art, the landscape has always been touched.
The landscape is accessible.

Urban Survival and Usable Sculpture
Movement, mobility, and adaptability are currently valued traits in both material and immaterial environments. In the physical environment, these same traits have historically often required either mobile housing or the construction of temporary shelter from materials available in the current surroundings. In the immaterial environment, mobility and adaptability have previously been much slower processes and less appreciated, which has made it easier to identify with and integrate into society. Today, however, the speed of change in this environment may cause significant difficulties in social integration.

My works are physical manifestations born from thought processes, notes.
The term “artwork” easily creates a horizon of expectations shaped by conventions, evoking the image of a final crystallization of an idea. I prefer to call my works notes. A note is an entry on a timeline, which is larger than a point. A note does not conclude anything; rather, it is a mark that the cause of the note continues. A note is a space through which one passes; by being an anomaly in the flow of thought, it acknowledges the processuality, non-linearity, and intersecting nature of thought, and its likely change. However, a passage space does not mean an anonymous, indifferent, or impersonal space; it is not synonymous with drifting or indecisiveness. No, a personal decision — where to continue from here — must be made. So, there is no definitive answer, but there are signs that draw a map.

The exhibition has been supported by:
Paulon Foundation & Kauno ry

This text was created with AI assistance