EMBERS
17.03.2022 to 03.04.2022
Galleria Himmelblau
JANNA LINDFORS
Janna Lindfors (b. 1998) is a visual artist based in Tampere, Finland. Lindfors works with various mediums, such as photography, moving image, installation, and stop-motion animation focusing on the human being on a personal and intimate level. Childhood often plays an important role in her works, and she aims to capture memories and tell stories that would otherwise be forgotten. The starting point of her works is usually formed by personal satires and memories, which during the working process will turn into more universal themes.
Previously Lindfors’ works have been seen in The Visual Catalysts and Light in the Tunnel exhibitions as a part of Backlight Photo Festival 2020, Why Look at Animals 2019 in Fiskars, Pop-up exhibition Tässä/Täällä/Nyt of gallery Himmelblau in 2019 and DigitalBigScreen 2019 in Slovenia.
ILLAN TULLEN
Death is simultaneously a natural part of life and something absurd. We don’t know when it will happen and what might follow. The risk of losing everything is present in everyone’s everyday lives – even in the happiest moments. As children we might address fear in different ways, although the same themes will remain relevant throughout our entire lives.
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Illan tullen (eng. As the Evening Falls) is a charcoal stop motion animation, exploring death through three perspectives – a story from family history, childhood memories and collected thoughts of other people. Although death can be seen as a dominant part of the work, it is also about life, fear and the human mind’s way to process difficult yet natural themes.