"Unwritten history, memory, landscape" Na continuação do post "Helsinki School", publicado a 16 de Fevereiro, e conforme combinado, aqui fica a apresentação de mais um dos fotógrafos do meu agrado.
Trata-se de Riitta Päiväläinen, que apresenta um trabalho muito criativo e elaborado. Diria que ela trabalha num "campo expandido" da Fotografia, para tomar de empréstimo a designação que Rosalind Kraus empregou para a escultura. Os trabalhos de Riitta são esculturas efémeras, instaladas na natureza em condições de intenso frio, no entanto a sua preparação inicia-se nas feiras de velharias e na busca da história (ficcionada) das peças de roupa que por lá encontra. Melhor testemunho que as palavras, são as imagens.
«In my photographs, I use discarded clothes from second-hand shops and flea markets. I am interested in old garments, because they carry silent, unknown stories and histories. The unavoidable fact that I will never know the actual stories and personal histories connected with the clothes arouses my curiosity. (...) Instead of thinking what or who we have lost, I want, through my photography, to concentrate on what is still to be found. (...) By freezing the garment or letting the wind fill it with air, I am able to create a sculptural space, which reminds me of its former user. This "Imaginary Meeting" represents, for me, the subtle distinction between absence and presence. In the series "Wind","Structura" and "Camouflage" landscape plays an essential role. Landscape is not only a topographical, objective phenomenon. For me, it is personal and subjective. Working with a landscape means going into it: experiencing and sensing the place. When I place clothes into a landscape, I create an installation. In this sense, landscape can be considered as a stage. Bringing these two elements (landscape and clothes) together, I create a dialogue - an interaction. My aim is to suggest and bring forth potential stories, mental images and associations.»
Para saber mais, aqui fica a entrevista com a fotógrafa.
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