Ewa Górzna & Katarzyna Miron
FROM A DISTANCE
7.-29.12.2019
From a distance is a video installation reflecting on the entanglements of human and non-human interactions. The work focuses on the ways of how wild animals and humans encounter and coexist in the same habitat.
Wild animal life provokes curiosity and desire to observe, study and comprehend it, however there is always an “abyss of non-comprehension”, which separates us from animals. We would like to understand the nightingale’s song and interpret the gaze of a deer, but they will always remain mysterious.
We are usually in a superior position pointing our technically advanced optical instruments towards animals and objectifying them through our ever-extending knowledge. Animals are studied and observed by us, but the fact that they can observe or contemplate us as well is rarely taken into consideration.
The work reflects on the people’s desire to approach, understand and experience an animal in the wilderness and at the same time, it is an artistic endeavour to balance the typically human oriented relationship between a man and an animal by emphasizing animal presence and viewpoint.
It is also an immersive journey through the mysterious, intriguing nature where the wildlife stays mostly out of sight or can be experienced only from a distance.
The project continues and develops the ideas from our previous collaborative video work “Encounter”, which was realised in 2016.
The exhibition has been kindly supported by: AVEK, VISEK, Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Ewa Górzna (b. 1982) and Katarzyna Miron (b. 1981) both have a Master of Fine Arts degree from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. They work mainly in the field of moving image. Their videos and video installations have been shown at various solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad and screened on numerous international film and video festivals. Both artists currently live and work in Helsinki. They have previously collaborated on several art projects.
Katarzyna Miron
kasia.miron[at]gmail.com
Ewa Górzna
ewa.gorzna[at]gmail.com
http://ewagorzna.com
