Eija-Liisa Ahtila

A multi-image installation, realized by means of an ecological narrative, based on the idea of the spatiality on being.

Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s (b. 1959) third commissioned work for Serlachius is a multi-image installation Reflection of a Forest in which she continues to call into question the narrative of the moving image and human-centred perspective. Ahtila builds ways of representation and expression that can help create a more balanced understanding of the living reality on the planet.

The radical emergency of the living environment is already affecting our choices, ways of thinking and perceiving, as well as the role of culture and art in society. The starting point of the work is the common spatial being of different living things – life maintained together.

The work features different kinds of living performers and their fictional thinking and speech. It was filmed over a period of 3 years in different places in Southern Finland and its events take place during the cycle of the year.  

Artwork image: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Reflection on a Forest, 2024, still image from a multichannel installation.