Suncica is taking part in KulttuuriKauppila residency program as part of the E75 Art Bus -project. KulttuuriKauppila is one of the European residency locations of E75 Art Bus, official program of Oulu2026 – European Capital of Culture.
In Ii Sunčica has been working on a piece called “Still, in movement” – a bench by the river. The bench is one element of a larger project called Echoes from the Earths crust and Beyond. The bench is part of a global network of zones for re-connecting with the (non)human, contextualizing the thresholds and expanding the network spaces to be present. The bench is inspired by the flow of the river, as well as by the local craft and materials, connecting North and Balkan in its shape and symbolism. It invites the visitors of the Environmental Art park to spend a meditative moment by the river.
This bench is made with the help of Iipaja, Timo Haapaniemi and the network of his friends and colleagues.
The bench will be opened to the public June 24th 12PM at the Environmental Art park.
“We live in an intertidal moment, much like an intertidal zone- a meeting point between land and water, this moment is a meeting point between us and our awakening to the interconnection of our ecological entanglement. A moment where we are more aware of the deep roots our modern technology has with the soil, bees, trees, us. We become more aware of the networks that bind us. In this climate collapse we are urged to seek new ways of being. We need new networks with more-than-human world, that which we name other- plants, animals, insects, microbes and devices.”
Sunčicas residency is part of the E75 Art bus -project, a co-operation with Muu ry and Kaltio ry, program of the Oulu2026 – European capital of culture. https://www.muu.fi/fi/e75-taidebussi/