Five channel sound, single channel film hologram, birch tree trunks
20mins (looped), 2021
Live performance (voice and movement), 20 mins, 2021
Commissioned by Helsinki Biennial, in Under Forest Cover / Metsänpeiton Alla, Hanna explores the Finnish folkloric concept of being caught in metsänpeitto (forest cover), an enchanted forest landscape where places become unfamiliar and everything moves in reverse. Traditionally used to describe when people went missing in the forest, metsänpeitto is used by Hanna Tuulikki as a contemporary metaphor for the emotional trauma that comes with ecological awareness.
The installation consists of silver birch tree trunks, surround sound audio, and a filmed choreography. The sound features a vocal improvisation based on traditional cow calling songs recorded on Hanna’s now derelict family farm in Northern Savonia, in Eastern Finland, and a backwards song of sorrows.
The music is available as a digital download here
