Iiris-Lilja Kuosmanen
Basic information
b. 1983, Kuopio
visual artist
Residence: Pariisi, Ranska
Contact information
Email: iirisliljakuosmanen@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
I mostly work with photography and video art. I have been photographing the elements of a place, elements I find are not always visible, hidden. How we adapt to a certain place. And how we seek a place out of urban. I find it most important to show a certain emotion in a photograph, emotion of people or of their place. Nature is often emphasized in my works, how it grows with us, in us. How we adapt to it, or forget it.
I photograph structured nature, spaces we build for ourselves to make us feel better while the real climate is struggling by our actions. I want to show our struggle to find our own place but also the struggle of our environment.
My interest in photography lies in capturing a change. Capturing some small events that made a change in us, made us grow.
I am also interested in writing and combining words to my photo series. I have been working couple of years with a musician Anniina Lehtinen doing performances, combining my visuals with her music.
I photograph structured nature, spaces we build for ourselves to make us feel better while the real climate is struggling by our actions. I want to show our struggle to find our own place but also the struggle of our environment.
My interest in photography lies in capturing a change. Capturing some small events that made a change in us, made us grow.
I am also interested in writing and combining words to my photo series. I have been working couple of years with a musician Anniina Lehtinen doing performances, combining my visuals with her music.
Current information
Water Rituals performances with musician Anniina Lehtinen: 27th February 2019, Sibelius Museum, Turku, Finland 17th of April 2019, Finnish Institute in Rome, Italy 24th and 25th April 2019, Finnish Cultural Institute in Madrid, Spain 30th of June 2019, Ars Libera, Kuopio, Finland
