In Denmark, Antti Laitinen takes part in Silkeborg Bad’s group exhibition Feel the Space of the Forest. The 11 represented artists of different nationalities have different approaches to the phenomenon of forest: as memory, botanical site, climate maintainer, CO2 absorber, as a place for activism, as sacred and a place for contemplation. The exhibition gives the viewer the opportunity to think about and appreciate the part of our surroundings that is the forest.
For his work Forest Square III (2013) Laitinen removed a 10 x 10 meter piece of forest and sorted it into it’s different materials: soil, moss, wood, pines, etc. He then rebuilt this piece of forest and arranged the different materials by colour.
The exhibition runs until 12 January 2025.
Image: Antti Laitinen, Forest Square III, 2013, C-print