Artist group IC-98's Lands of Treasure opens at Serlachius Museums in Finland
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Saturday, November 9, 2024


Artist group IC-98's Lands of Treasure opens at Serlachius Museums in Finland
IC-98, Lands of Treasure, 2021, still-image from the 3 channel HD video installation, 53′ seamless loop.



MÄNTTÄ.- The internationally renowned Finnish artist group IC-98, consisting of Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää, bring to Serlachius Museums their new animation work Lands of Treasure. The video work, commissioned by Serlachius Museums, addresses humankind’s search for a new direction in a world affected by climate crisis.

Lands of Treasure is based on an old Finnish folk tale about an encounter at night between a forest spirit and a stonemason in a forest. The stonemason shoots the forest spirit, which falls and creates a large clearing. People take advantage of this as they begin to divide up the land. The story can be interpreted as describing the birth of modern society and the alienation of humankind from nature.

IC-98’s animations combine classic drawing technique and digital effects. In the slow-advancing work, the viewer’s attention is drawn to the change taking place in the image. The black and white video work includes electroacoustic choral music, composed by Max Savikangas.

Lands of Treasure leads to the discovery of a new connection with nature

IC-98’s diverse, conceptual artistic output includes animation and other video works, books and site- and situation-specific art projects. Philosophical, ecological and socially critical thinking permeates the artist group’s production. During more than twenty years of collaboration, the issued addressed IC-98 in its art projects include the relationships between living and inanimate nature and between societies and natural systems.

The dark-toned works of recent years have largely depicted the destruction of humanity and the dystopian world that followed. The Lands of Treasure animation seeks a new direction and still gives humanity hope. It is possible to save the future, but this means abandoning humankind’s special status and finding a new connection with nature by listening to it. There is no going back to the past: a new direction must be taken that is in harmony with nature.

IC-98 were awarded the Finnish State Prize for Visual Arts in Finland in 2009. In 2015, IC-98 represented Finland at the Venice Biennale with the work Hours, Years, Aeons. The artist group has held many solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in Finland and around the world.

Lands of Treasure is being exhibited at Serlachius Museum Gösta, 25 September 2021–6 March 2022.










Today's News

September 27, 2021

'Ancestor' of Mediterranean mosaics discovered in Turkey

Exhibition brings together over a dozen of Frans Hals's best male portraits

Exhibition conveys approaches to art from the 1930s to the present day

Joe Minter hears the bulldozer coming. Will his artwork be saved?

Hindman Auctions to present timepieces by top designers in October sale

Missing gold Fabergé egg found by scrap-metal dealer and pair of royal sculptures reunited to feature in exhibition

Exhibition brings together paintings from the last five years of Jesse Murry's life

'Ghost Calls and Meditations': Kunsthaus Pasquart opens an exhibition of works by Emma Talbot

Galerie Guido W. Baudach displays two brand-new series of assemblage-like sculptures by Jasmin Werner

UCCA Center for Contemporary Art opens Huang Rui's largest solo exhibition in recent years

Exhibition at Lunds Konsthall reflects on the relationship between humans and animals

Jewel of Roman Empire lies neglected in Libya chaos

Exhibition featuring Indigenous artists Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger opens at the Carlos Museum

George Mraz, consummate jazz bassist, dies at 77

The score of Final Fantasy gets its due at the concert hall

Colby College officially breaks ground on the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts

Artist group IC-98's Lands of Treasure opens at Serlachius Museums in Finland

María Mendiola, half of a chart-topping disco duo, dies at 69

Argentinian couples win top tango competition after Maradona tributes

Joel Coen's Macbeth: pure and somber

DMW Gallery in Antwerp presents a solo show by Marius Ritiu

Emmanuel Louisnord Desir's first exhibition with François Ghebaly opens in Los Angeles

Stars lend voices to world-spanning concert for climate, vaccines

Guido Spars appointed Founding Director of the Federal Bauakademie Foundation

Reasons To Begin Practicing An Art




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Attorneys
Truck Accident Attorneys
Accident Attorneys
Holistic Dentist
Abogado de accidentes
สล็อต
สล็อตเว็บตรง

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site Parroquia Natividad del Señor
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful