Made in Vuosaari – Vuotalon pihalla

We bring much of our goods, equipment, clothes and everything that surrounds us in our daily lives in containers by sea.

Vuosaari Harbour and the sea that is so close to us are part of the global movement of goods.

In the courtyard of Cultural Centre Vuotalo, an installation that is the same dimensions as a shipping container will be built, with stacks of tiles depicting the waves of the seascape, as if they were the cargo of a ship, the sea cubed into merchandise.

The installation seeks to create an airy and light atmosphere, a sense of the sea and, on the other hand, a sense of wistfulness and sadness in a time of ecological crisis.

Made in Vuosaari is based on Anne Roininen’s ongoing series of ‘Made in’ works, which have been realised with slightly different emphases in Ylikiiminki in Oulu, and Töölö and Kruunuvuorenranta in Helsinki.

You can read more about them here: https://kruunuvuorenranta.cargo.site/

The focus is on the global commodity production machine and the processing of local identity.

Anne Roininen is a sculptor whose works are often site-specific and process-based. Encounters with people are an important part of Roininen’s work, and the works are often politically charged.

Read more: https://anneroininen.com/