Harri Pälviranta
RAJA
(2025)
In 2023, Finland started building a border fence to Finland’s border with Russia. In additon to that, a simulative border fence was built, to rehearse manouvres in relation to border conflicts. It lies in South-East Finland near Russian border.
This defensive training fence encapsulates various thoughts related to surveillance and the use of power even more clearly than actual border fences and walls. Inspired by his encounter with the simulative border fence, Pälviranta adopted an alternative photographic approach: he employed paper negatives, imperfect development process, and collage techniques to express his affective engagement with the simulation.
Raja #1
170 x 210 cm
Printed offset paper glued on cancas, acrylic paint
Raja #2
170 x 210 cm
Printed offset paper glued on cancas, acrylic paint
Raja #3
210 x 510 cm (triptych)
Printed offset paper glued on cancas, acrylic paint