TEMPLATE – BASIC POST V1 – WOMEN
magi viljanen WOMEN What Photo exhibition / BookHelsinki, Finland / Maputo, Mozambique · 2005 How 27 digital colour prints, 130 × 60 cm Notes Delicately suspended prints create the impression of a journey toward a village.The portraits, arranged in a circular formation, represent the people encountered there. Africa Women is a photographic series portraying women […]
TEMPLATE – BASIC POST V1 – Circus Bombay
magi viljanen CIRCUS BOMBAY What Photographic portfolioHelsinki · 1996 How 8 colour photographs and a short storyHandmade canvas cover and handmade paper from India. Notes This exhibition, or even the portfolio itself, would probably never have existed if a customs officer at Bombay airport had not stolen my films. Months of work disappeared into the […]
TEMPLATE – BASIC POST V1 – MACHINES FROM HELL
magi viljanen MACHINES FROM HELL What Photo-based installationHelsinki / Karjaa · 1996 / 1998 How Journey to the Village33 panoramic photographs digitally printed on handmade paperSize approx. 20 × 30 cm Part 2: The Village11 chromogenic color printsSize 110 × 90 cm Notes Delicately suspended prints create the impression of a journey toward a village.The […]
TEMPLATE – BASIC POST V1 – Kutch
magi viljanen KUTCH What Photo-based installationHelsinki / Karjaa · 1996 / 1998 How Journey to the Village33 panoramic photographs digitally printed on handmade paperSize approx. 20 × 30 cm Part 2: The Village11 chromogenic color printsSize 110 × 90 cm Notes Delicately suspended prints create the impression of a journey toward a village.The portraits, arranged […]
TEMPLATE TEST V1 – MIRROR
magi viljanen MIRROR 17+5 What Photo-based installationHelsinki, Finland · 1996 How 12 gelatin silver prints on film, mirror Notes Layered works in which the viewer simultaneously encounters the image, its reflection, and their own mirrored presence. Mirror 17+5 is an installation in which composition, atmosphere, and spatial experience take precedence over the individual images themselves. […]
TEMPLATE – BASIC POST V1
magi viljanen KUTCH What Photo-based installationHelsinki / Karjaa · 1996 / 1998 How Journey to the Village33 panoramic photographs digitally printed on handmade paperSize approx. 20 × 30 cm Part 2: The Village11 chromogenic color printsSize 110 × 90 cm Notes Delicately suspended prints create the impression of a journey toward a village.The portraits, arranged […]
Ghar – At Home In India
magi viljanen Ghar – At Home In India The photographs in the exhibition Ghar – At Home in India (ghar means “home” or “house” in Hindi) were taken in December 1998. The exhibition is a tribute to my friends in India. Rather than creating traditional family portraits, I sought to capture the pauses and in-between […]
Kutch
magi viljanen Kutch In 1992 I happened to wander into the village of Ludia, situated in the Kutch desert of India. During my first visit, the village was celebrating an engagement party, and by the time I returned for a second visit, a baby boy had been born. Because of these coincidences, the villagers began […]
The Angels I Met
magi viljanen The AngelsI Met During my journey around the world, I encountered children who, for one reason or another, seemed special to me. They felt like souls I had met before, like messengers. These photographs, taken in passing, stayed in my thoughts. Later, I created a small series in which the children have angel […]
Mirror 17+5
magi viljanen Mirror17+5 Mirror 17+5 is an installation in which composition, atmosphere, and spatial experience take precedence over the individual images themselves. A photograph projected onto the wall and a swing suspended in the centre of the space subtly evoke a small personal tragedy. The space is surrounded by stark portraits of ordinary people. The […]