Amos Rex is filled with strange: see how Anna Estarriola’s art plays with a sprained reality

In the Catalanian -based Anna Estarriolan Staged Circumstances and Piles of Things, everything is not what it looks like.

The sound of Amos Rex’s dark -speaking showroom is both interesting and confusing. It is full of whispers, strange languages \u200b\u200band echoes of something unknown.

The impression is enhanced by human figures that have something familiar but at the same time something completely foreign. The eyes of an elderly woman with a glass of gray -haired in a glass box flicker. Otherwise, the woman looks dead.

Acrobatized in a complex position, on the other hand, defies gravity and articles on his hair, surrounded by three giant strokes. The title of the work is *Moment *. As it approaches, there are noises that could come from, for example, human intestines.

The many dimensions of communication

Anna Estarriola makes installations that have been featured in both domestic and international exhibitions, including at the Borås Art Museum and Mänttä Art Week.

Estarriola’s trademark has been shaped by media installations, where human parts combine with technology and machines: impossible can become possible, and everything may not be what it looks like.

The main themes of Estarrila’s works also include communication with its diverse dimensions. * The System* installation is a simulated panel discussion in which twelve universe creatures from the universe presented their thoughts in strange sounds and languages.

– * The system is influenced by the aesthetics of democracy. What the democracy looks like. There are characters at the long table with enough words but not action or facts. I try to react to current situations from timelessness and history – when we have achieved something, or when we have failed somewhere.

When lifeless comes to life

Anna Estarriola’s installations are difficult to float into the hem of any particular art orientation.

In addition to reality, they include hyperrealism and surrealism, as well as robotics and science. * An instrument to see that are that are too small for the naked Eye* in the microscope of the bacterial culture, naked people. The artist himself also emphasizes his interest in performing arts.

– I try to bring elements of performing art into the context of visual art. My works often have mechanics and electronics that associate with living properties to non-movie. The performing art is reflected in my works through this.

For example, * Transition – Assisted Breathing * comes to life. The open mouth of the white human sculpture is full of cool air and includes a steady rhythm of mechanical breathing. In the sculpture, the air is pumped by a breathing machine familiar to hospitals.

Toward the blue star dust

Anna Estarriola, a graduate from the University of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bmoved from Spain to Finland in 2004. Moving from the heat of the south to the cool Nordic countries has never regretted.

– I am very merged with the Finnish art field, and working in Finland inspires me. I have a certain kind of my own space here and I am honored what I really appreciate.

*Anna Estarriolan Staged Circumstances and Piles of Things Exhibition in Amos Rex until August 31.*

*Story fixed 4.4. at 2 pm: Changed to the point of talk about Joonas Pehrsson’s work and title.*