Lintukoto: Mythical places at the edge Exhibition
Event details
In Finnish mythology, lintukoto describes a paradise-like place at the far edge of the world where the sky and earth meet - a mythical refuge where birds were once believed to migrate for the winter.
Drawing from the experiences of those who have been forced to leave their homes, this installation asks what lintukoto might mean in the Anthropocene - a time marked by ecological collapse, displacement and political instability.
The installation has been created by Henna Asikainen, Artist in Residence at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre at the University of York.
You may also be interested in the Lintukoto installation launch on Saturday 30 May, when you can enjoy a short talk, chat to the artist and view the exhibition.
The exhibition is presented by the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre which is funded by a Leverhulme International Professorship and located in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
Image credit: Henna Asikainen
About the performer
Henna Asikainen is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist whose socially engaged practice explores the intimate relationships between people and the natural world, and the entangled experiences of belonging and displacement across human and other-than-human lives. For over a decade, her work has been developed collaboratively with diverse communities - particularly diasporic communities - unfolding through embodied, place-based methodologies shaped by specific landscapes and the ecologies that sustain them. Henna received her PhD in Fine Art Practice from Northumbria.
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