My expedition in the asphalt jungle and among its treasures has created an amazing miniature world of crumples, creases, smudges, and covers; of broken, chucked- and sucked-out, and spat forms. All things abandoned and worthless are alive.
In Prague, I took hundreds of photographs of the treasures in the streets. I systematically organized the pictures into heaps according to their uniformity and use. Of these heaps I drew tabulae with the trash classified into categories, orders, genera, and species – all in the spirit of Carl von Linné.
For me, drawing is an unfamiliar technique. Being a dispassionate drawer, I increased the challenge by using colored pencils. The calmness created surprised me: the meditative state helped me concentrate and enjoy the private working moments. The peaceful silence was only interrupted by the scratch of a pencil and the eraser on the paper. Drawing was slow and monotonous but addictive.
Susanna Autio
susannaautio(at)kolumbus.fi
www.kolumbus.fi/susanna.autio
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