Performance for a rock  

Performance for a rock (2015) / Installation / single-channel sound and video, natural boulder / 3'45'' / variable dimensions

About / A massive natural rock inside the exhibition space is facing a screen where a virtuous parkourist is seen performing tricks from a sturdy concrete-produced building. The installation references the relation between human’s and nature’s mastery as well as the “observer’s effect”, which in physics refers to changes produced through the act of observation on the phenomenon observed.

Credits / performance: Jukka Tarvainen / cinematography, digital image advisor and color grading: Martin Jäger / photo documentation: Aukusti Heinonen / Amos Rex, Martin Jäger, Jussi Tiainen With the support of / Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) Shows / 2015 Huuto Gallery (FI) / 2015 Pleiku Gallery (GR) / 2016 EMAP (SK) curated by Pontus Kyander / 2016 Haihatus (FI) curated by Pauliina Turakka Purhonen / 2017 KARST (UK) curated by Laura Köönikkä / 2017 Pori Art Museum (FI) curated by Anni Venäläinen / 2019 Rio Hondo Art Gallery (US) curated by Ville Laaksonen / 2021 Moscow Museum of Modern Art (RU) curated by Margarita Osepyan / 2022 Vantaa Art Museum (FI) curated by Christine Langinauer / 2025 Amos Rex (FI) curated by Katariina Timonen 1/3 edition in the collection of / Vantaa Art Museum