Keywords: Ovipeili, door mirror, kamppi, kaupunkitaide, ympäristötaide, street art, kierrätystaide, kuvanveisto, Pauli Ahopelto, Näkymä2016
Exhibited in Kamppi (Ruoholahden Villat, Helsinki) in 2015–2016, and at the Näkymä environmental art event in Akaa in 2016.
Ovipeili is situated along a boundary fence between ancient and urban forms of construction. Composed of recycled mirrored doors, the work responds to the flow of the city and transforms the fence into a portal.
Each door bears a carved figure — like a trace of a reflected human presence. The work weaves imaginative narratives into its surroundings. A door is not merely a passageway, but a liminal space where stopping and moving forward coexist.
Does the door invite entry, or does it repel? Where does the journey lead now? A doorway distinguishes one space from another, while also creating a connection between two contrasting environments — the old and the new. Symbolically, the door functions as an interface between the spiritual and the physical worlds. It is a critical point of transition: a threshold associated with profound thoughts, memories, possibilities, hope — but also longing and consolation.
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