artist and environmental expert
As You May Sense – Environment, Data & Contamination
Exhibition in collaboration with the Helsinki Biennial 2023 and Uniarts Helsinki Research @ White Studio, Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts
'Lähteenmäki wishes to destabilize the perception of the imagined nature vs. the industrialized. He argues that scientification and industry drove forests into quantifiable units and cultivation models, which serve as the basis for visual exploration in his practice. Points, grids, and patterns overlaid on terrain also become the starting points for his methodology of research.' – Jussi Parikka professor, Aarhus University & Samir Bhowmik academy researcher, Uniarts Helsinki
Crossing I
Part of an ongoing project that develops artistic research methods for photography of Finland's forest landscapes, funded by the Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation. Crossing I models a path in a monoculture forest in a form of a physical sculpture.
10 transparent prints (45 x 67,5 cm) and a satellite image based map of a forest stand with coordinates of each photograph.
Research publication

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As You May Sense – Environment, Data, Contamination group exhibition, 12.6.–2.7.2023 @ White Studio gallery, the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. In collaboration with the Uniarts Research Pavillion 2023, part of the Helsinki Biennial 2023 program.

Jussi Parikka & Samir Bhowmik: En­vi­ron­men­tal data opens up new hori­zons for artis­tic re­search. Curator interview.