{"id":42404,"date":"2017-06-12T17:17:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/eyes-as-big-as-plates\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:41:26","slug":"eyes-as-big-as-plates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/eyes-as-big-as-plates\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes as Big as Plates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eyes as Big as Plates<\/strong> is a photography series produced in collaboration with over fifty seniors from ten countries. Starting out as a play on characters from Nordic folklore, the series has evolved into a continual search for modern human\u2019s belonging to nature. In the photographs, each character inhabits the landscape in wearable sculptures made from natural materials. Part sculpture, part installation and part photography, Karoline Hjorth<\/strong> (NO) and Riitta Ikonen<\/strong> (FI) work together from beginning to the end of the process with their different complementing skills.<\/p>\n

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Eyes as Big as Plates # Arnold II (Faroe Islands 2015) \u00a9 Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Karoline is the photographer in the duo while Riitta works mainly with the creation of the wearable sculptures in the images. Each image in the series presents a solitary figure in a landscape, dressed in elements from surroundings that indicate neither time nor place. Nature acts as both content and context and the characters literally inhabit the landscape wearing sculptures made in collaboration with the artists. After meeting and getting to know each other over an informal interview, the inspiration for the wearable sculpture takes shape as a dynamic process between the trio. The process is documented throughout the day and posted later at the project site\u00a0www.eyesasbigasplates.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eyes as Big as Plates # Agnes I (Norway 2011) \u00a9 Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To allow for the time to pass freely on a shoot day is important to the process and vital for creating the atmosphere for the participant to feel immersed in both the wearable sculpture and the surrounding landscape.\u00a0The title Eyes as big as Plates is inspired by characters from Scandinavian folklore and is a tribute to imagination and curiosity. During all stages of the production, the process is thoroughly documented and considered by the artists to be just as valuable as the final images.\u00a0So far the series include works produced in Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, The Faroe Islands, France, UK, US, Japan, Greenland, South-Korea and Czech Republic, with Portugal and Spain scheduled for 2017. As the project continues to cross borders, it also aims to rediscover a demographic group too often labeled as marginalized, and to generate new perspectives on who we are and where we belong.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eyes as Big as Plates # Agnes II (Norway 2011) \u00a9 Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/b>The photography book is an edition of 2000 copies, each unique and handmade. It is designed by the Swedish designer Greger Ulf Nilson, published by the independent Oslo based publishing house- Press Forlaget and distributed by DAP. It will be available to buy directly from the artists through the project website:\u00a0www.eyesasbigasplates.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and at bookstores around the word.<\/span><\/p>\n