In Excerpts, for Sustain, the refabrication of previously lost belongings is used as a point of departure for examining the relationships between technological tools, humans, and memory. A multi-stage material process that utilises 3D modelling and printing, mould making and casting, and finally photography and video, transforms personal memories, and their digital image counterparts found on the web, to fragile physical forms that persist and decay in their new tactile surroundings.
The plaster artifacts are a result of several underlying factors: the financial incentives of tech companies, the logic of the search engine, the agency of the people interfacing the system, and personal reminiscence. Brought together and assembled into photographs and a video, the images in the series begin to map out structures surrounding the collection, storage, and dissemination of information in the contemporary moment.
The works in the series are shown separately or as a fragmentary installation, mirroring the decentralised structure of the web. The video exists in two versions: a multi-channel version with an additional text component and a remixed single-channel version.
Further reading:
Kuvan Kevät 2025 catalogue text by Tuija Huovinen.
Installation view. Excerpts, for Sustain, Kuvan Kevät, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki, 2025.
Double Halo
2025
archival pigment print
38,5 x 30,5 cm
The August Issue
2025
archival pigment print in artist’s frame
75,5 x 60,5 x 4 cm
Drop I
2025
archival pigment print
28 x 35 cm
Drop II
2025
archival pigment print
35 x 28 cm
Semi-Grid Constellation
2026
archival pigment print
50 x 40 cm
Excerpts, for Sustain, 2025, 6:23 4K video.
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written, directed, shot & edited by Tuure Leppänen
sound design: Elias Salmenkallio
graphic design: Linnea Lindgren
proofreading: Taika Sorjonen
special thanks to:
Dorian Bajramovic, Elsa L Heikkilä, Hermanni Härmälä, Jenna Viro, Jonna Kina, Liinu Grönlund, Lina Herrmans, Niklas Feinik, Salla Tykkä, Tuomo Rainio, Veeti Otsamo, Viljami Nissi