Ec Gillet Larut
At the opening of the Laru 13 Environmental Art Exhibition
Särkäniemi, Helsinki
31 August 2013
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The theme of the exhibition this year was "Natural Intelligence".
Like many artists involved I liked the title, quite literally so.
With white chalk I wrote the words on the rocks.
Then I rolled out a thin tube to the waterside and started to suck the water.
Spitting the water on the chalk I deleted the written letters, starting from the end: E, C, G, I, L, L, E, T, L, A, R, U, and T
Left over were the letters N A I N E N
("nainen" is finnish meaning "woman")
I took the chalk again and wrote
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EXCITING
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shortened as MIES, finnish for man.
I ended the action spitting out a cloud of fine water drops.
Särkäniemi, Helsinki
31 August 2013
laruart.com
The theme of the exhibition this year was "Natural Intelligence".
Like many artists involved I liked the title, quite literally so.
With white chalk I wrote the words on the rocks.
Then I rolled out a thin tube to the waterside and started to suck the water.
Spitting the water on the chalk I deleted the written letters, starting from the end: E, C, G, I, L, L, E, T, L, A, R, U, and T
Left over were the letters N A I N E N
("nainen" is finnish meaning "woman")
I took the chalk again and wrote
MORE
INTERESTING
EXCITING
STUFF
shortened as MIES, finnish for man.
I ended the action spitting out a cloud of fine water drops.