Can a home be a wasteland?
Can a wasteland be home?

Francesca Bogani Amadori & Henry Lämsä

2023
mixed media installation
620 x 590 cm

sound reactive visuals by Henry Lämsä
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soundscape by Francesca Bogani Amadori

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In this site-specific installation, Francesca Bogani Amadori and Henry Lämsä reflect on the fast urbanization, the appearance of defined places in the cityscape of Helsinki, and the effect on the beings that inhabit these spaces.


The audiovisual installation materializes from gathered data obtained while mapping the history, the newly developed, the transforming, and future spaces in Kalasatama. Field recordings, photos, and videos of the developing area merge with open-source maps, archival media, and property developers' promotional material. 


Driven by the desire to mediate the in-between spaces, the installation collects objects from the nearby developing sites and their surroundings. The mixed media installation represents an encounter of wastelands and a faint notion of home. Can a home be a wasteland? Can a wasteland be home? questions the structured patterns and narratives that dominate these spaces, and the little room left to inhabit and transform collectively areas like Kalsatama.



site-specific installation views,
Art for All Festival: Kutsu/Invitation, Helsinki (FI)
photo credits: Lu Chen






























audio reactive visuals and soundscape_Fragment 








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