Visual Artist

Antti Laitinen

Antti Laitinen

Visual Artist

works

Nail Trunk, 2019

Nail Trunk, 2019

A participatory project that emerged in collaboration with passersby. Together we covered the trunk of a fallen tree with nails.  

Marionette, 2017

Marionette, 2017

I have turned a tree into a marionette. With strings I tried to imitate real wind.

Armour, 2014

Armour, 2014

I made armour for living tree using steel sheets and pop rivets.  

Forest Square, 2013

Forest Square, 2013

I removed a 10 x 10 meter piece of forest and sorted it into it’s different materials: soil, moss, wood, pines, etc. I then rebuilt this piece of forest and arranged the different materials by colour.

Tree Reconstruction, 2012

Tree Reconstruction, 2012

I cut down a tree and chopped it into small pieces. I then tried to rebuild the tree using a hammer and nails.

Lake Deconstruction, 2011

Lake Deconstruction, 2011

Lake Deconstruction, 2011, 4 min 41 sec, HD Lake Deconstruction (clip 19 sec)

Bark Boat, 2010

Bark Boat, 2010

I made a boat from bark I collected from the forest floor. I sailed across the Baltic sea with the vessel.

Growler, 2009

Growler, 2009

I tried to make a small iceberg, so throughout the winter I stored 7 cubic meters of snow inside a big styrofoam box. When the summer came, I took the snow out and brought it to the sea.

Voyage, 2008

Voyage, 2008

I row a palm island.

Puzzle, 2007

Puzzle, 2007

I felled a tree. I carved timber to chips. Then I glued chips back to timber.

Snowman, 2006

Snowman, 2006

I’m standing in a flour storm. I have a carrot nose.

Walk the Line, since 2004

Walk the Line, since 2004

I printed my portrait on various maps. Then I started to orientate the maps following the lines on my face. On my arm I carried a satellite recorder (GPS) drawing the path that I walked.

Three Stones, 2004

Three Stones, 2004

The stone that I found after seven minutes of digging. The stone that I found after seven hours of digging. The stone that I found after seven days of digging.

Sweat Work, 2004

Sweat Work, 2004

I ran on a running wheel until I was sweating. Then I lay down on the photo paper to which the sweat of my body created a faint figure. I lifted the paper on the wall. I made a new picture every day for two […]

Bare Necessities, 2002

Bare Necessities, 2002

I was in the forest four days without food, drinking water and clothes. I documented my experience.