Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Horizontal

Completion year: 2011

Technique: 6-channel projected installation (6 min / 16:9 / Audio 5.1 / No dialogue)

Keywords: eija-liisa ahtila, horizontal, kuusi, spruce

HORIZONTAL is a six-channel moving image work of a living spruce tree. The idea of the work is to show the tree in its entirety, as far as possible retaining its natural size and shape. Because a life-size tree does not fit in a standard-sized human space, the tree is presented horizontally in the form of successive projected images. The work is a portrait of the tree. It is a record of its existence as a living organism, or perhaps more to the point, a presentation of the difficulty of perceiving and recording a spruce tree with the methods of visual documentation invented by humans.

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