It is not easy to distinguish reality from illusion in the works of the Finnish artist Antti Laitinen: the natural places on which he intervenes take on a vaguely surreal aspect. They are not reassuring but disturbing because they project us beyond the visible, pushing us into the instability of the unknown.
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Specializing in photography and multimedia art, Antti Laitinen has dedicated himself over time to a multiplicity of projects including the creation of a series of “broken” landscapes that reveal disturbing empty spaces. Bent or cut branches are enough to suggest new perspectives, which invite us to look beyond…
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Once the work is finished, Laitinen leaves the task of restoring the gaps to nature, transforming every human intervention into a reflection on the passage of time.
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Laitinen said trees became more present in his work after he moved to a heavily wooded area away from the sea.
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Already at the beginning of the 2000s the artist had felt the need to return to nature: in that period he had an extreme experience in a Finnish forest, living without food or water, without clothes, for four days.
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