Anna Estarriola
Moment
2023
4-channel sound, plaster, textiles, synthetic fibres, metal, wood, artificial grass, light
sound design: Joonas Pehrsson
structural design: Willem Heeffer, Pasi Mälkiä
circus rigger: Pasi Warsell
acrobatics experts: Janne Aspvik, Maria Peltola
acrobat model: Ilona Jäntti
costume design and manufacture: Jaana Haaksiluoto
technical production: Krister Gråhn, Mikko Inkinen, Johannes Jatkola, Pasi Mälkiä, Jonna Numminen, Tarja Väätänen
studio assistance: Ignata Elana
made with the support from: Serlachius Museums, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)
Serlachius Museums
Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation
A purple-clad acrobat balances under a bright grow-lamp in a greenhouse-like space, surrounded by larva-like creatures that make a subdued growling sound as they wait. The relationship between the creatures and the figure standing on its own hair in a supernatural way is unclear: Are the larvae approaching it threateningly or reverently?
The work contemplates what we can try to control and to what extent; and where do the limits of control lie? The scene in the installation, frozen at an impossible moment, might be compared to human efforts to reach something infinite, eternal, and as yet unattainable.