Transition - assisted breathing

Transition – assisted breathing (2019) / Installation / stone casting powder, medical ventilator unit, chroma key blue paint / 40 x 30 x 40 cm / current pedestal 115 x 115 x 87 cm

About / A medical ventilator unit pumps air to a figure. The half-casted, half-sculpted bust lets the cold air out through its open mouth. As if trying to revive the matter, the artificial ventilation simulates the living breaths of the represented subject, but cold. The surrounding walls, painted chroma key blue, allude to the mutability of the background – suggesting that transitions can happen in any setting.

Credits / medical consulting: Mireia Crehuet / assisted breathing machine technology: Timo Niemelä, Tomi Ilomäki, OneMed / model for the sculpture: Anne Hiekkaranta / studio assistance: Ida Enegren, Arttu Polojärvi / photo documentation: Jussi Tiainen With the support from / Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation, OneMed – Dräger, Oskar Öflund Foundation, Finnish Cultural Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)

Shows / 2019 Galerie Anhava (FI) in curatorial discussions with Hanna Huitu, Anni Venäläinen, Markus Åström / 2021 Borås Art Museum (SE) curated by Caroline Gustafsson / 2025 Amos Rex (FI) curated by Katariina Timonen