Jumping Field
Under One Sky, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
2000

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki asked us to propose a site for an outdoor group show in Helsinki 2000. We proposed an industrial seaside area between Helsinki's southern park-like recidential neighbourhood and western harbour. The area is a man made ship yard "peninsula" on the top of former row of islands. On the seashore facing to the south-east there is a half a kilometer long and 30m wide grass field that we proposed for the site of the "Under one sky" exhibition.

Our own work for the show consisted of a square hole of 12x12x0.5m in the ground and a steel framed artificial grass covered platform built on the top of it. The platform was supported with 9 van springs which made it unstabile when one stepped on it. The idea was to replace the excisting grass with an artificial one and make a look-a-like play ground that couldn't actually be used to any ball game nor other rational purpose.