Silent protector of greenery
15.10.2025
As time goes by
15.10.2025
Sini Talonen
Location → Mustansalmenpuisto, Hietasaari
The loose forms of the work rise from the soil and take root in the environment, as the vegetation wraps around the rest of the structures.
The large-scale work creates a space and a place where you can linger. You can go inside the highest dome but cannot rise on top of the work.
The artwork deals with change and invites us to look at itself and ourselves, as well as the space, the place and the environment. The work is a spatial and functional environmental artwork made of wood and plywood sheets, and built on location.
Accessibility
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility: The work is in Mustasalmenpuisto. The route leading to the work is an asphalt road. The work is on grass, but it can be seen from the asphalt road. There are no parking spaces near the work site, the nearest parking spaces are located in Nallikari, about a kilometer from the work. The nearest benches are located further along the path.
Accessibility through the senses: The work can be experienced by sight and touch.
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Artist:
Sini Talonen
Sini Talonen is a visual artist from Turku. In her art, Talonen often deals with the experiences of human participation in the world and considers the human body in space, exposed to the unconscious effects of it. Talonen thinks that bodily experience is primary in the processes of understanding things. Talonen mainly makes sculptural and spatial art in which she combines several materials and techniques. The works are often site-specific and participatory. Their background is the interest in spatiality, architecture and different environments.
Talonen graduated with a master’s degree in textile art in 2008 and a visual artist degree in 2018. She has held several solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions. Lately she has been studying clay as a building material and construction drawing.
