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"WILL-o´-THE-WISP" - Lighting Up The Myllypuro Hospital. Helsinki
december 2000 and january 2001
Photos: Lea Turto
The
Myllypuro Hospital
(photo: Otto Santala)
The
Balconies
(photo: Otto Santala)
The
Bicycle Shelter
(photo: Otto Santala)
Photographs depicting the Illumination
The
slides shown were copies of photos from the albums of the patients and
made in co-operation with the staff of the hospital and the patients'
families. The slides illustrated patients' lives: their work, hobbies
and family life. The public could sit and watch the slideshow.
(photo: Otto
Santala)
The
scene through a window of a day-room
Bicycle
shelter
The
trees and shrubs on the hospital grounds were lit up
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Virvatulet - Myllypuron sairaalan
valaiseminen: Helsinki, joulukuu 2000 ja tammikuu 2001,
Will -o´- The -Wisp
Design and Production Group:
Nella Keskisarja,
Lea Turto,
Martti Kukkonen
(Martti Kukkonen
and Risto Kurronen)
This
exhibition was made in co-operation with the patients and the staff of
the Myllypuro Hospital.
The
Myllypuro Hospital consists of a Health Centre, main hospital and a unit
for elderly long-term patients. The trees and shrubs on the hospital grounds
were lit up. Balconies were illuminated with different colours. We built
screens on the balconies on which slides were reflected so that they could
be seen from both the outside and inside.
(Lea
Turto, Nella Keskisarja, Risto Kurronen)
Inside the hospital the
main stairway was lit with different colours and a paper boat installation
was built on the landing. The paper boat was folded in the same way that
children used to fold paper boats during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. The
boat was three meters long and two meters wide.
The
paper boat was three meters long and two meters wide. This is an installation
by Lea Turto.
A
Nativity Scene was built on one landing. The characters were Virgin Mary,
Joseph and Baby Jesus, all dressed in hospital sheets. Some of the slides
that were visible on the outside were also visible on the landing
The slides used described
the patients' lives: their work, hobbies and family life during the time
before hospitalization and also during the time spent in the hospital.
(photo: Otto Santala)
Slides
were projected on screens on the balconies
so that they could be viewed from both the inside and outside.
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Artist Lea Turto Email:
turto@pp.nic.fi
