Field of View (with Humpty Dumpty’s Doors)
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Anssi Pulkkinen: Field of View (with Humpty Dumpty’s Doors)

Completion year: 2018
Technique: doors, wall
Size: 4,6mx3,6m
Installation that consists of regular doors and door frames mounted on a wall. The composition of the doors refers to popular imagery from Ceuta border fence, with growds of people persistently attempting to climb over the high fence. Humpty Dumpty is a character from a traditional English riddle, that originates from king Richard III of England, who was defeated despite his great armies and fortress. According to Lewis Carrols' Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty was also suffering from face blindness.