Completion year: 2019
Technique: drawing, aluminium composite sheet, print, wall paint
Size: 1000 m2
Edition: 1/1
Keywords: seela petra, julkinen taide, tilallinen taide, piirustus, tulostus, leikkisä, tarina, kohtaaminen, arvot, monitaide, graphic arts, spatial art
Seela Petra’s (b. 1964) work One Day is a collection of characters and scenes that make reference to identifiable places in Tapiola. The scenes taking over the bike parking are enlarged images of Seela Petra’s drawings. The name of the work stirs the viewer’s mind and imagination: What has happened on a day when a bear seeks a discussion partner among tulips? Where is the busy bee flying off to? What is on the bearded balcony farmer’s mind?
The wish for a delightful, humane and touching work that is linked to Tapiola Garden City through its subject matter drove the selection of Seela Petra as the bike parking’s artist. “Seela Petra’s work brings a graphic and intimate expression into a public space in a new, story-like fashion. Parts of the work can also be duplicated, if necessary,” says EMMA’s Chief Curator Henna Paunu.
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Photo: EMMA / Ella Tommila