Land(e)scape

Land(e)scape

Land(e)scape (1999), an architectural installation by Finnish architects Casagrande & Rintala in a former field in Savonlinna. The work is commenting on the desertion process of the Finnish countryside.

Three of these abandoned barns ‘were driven,’ the architects explained, ‘to the point where they have had to break their primeval union with the soil. Desolate, they have risen on their shanks and are swaying towards the cities of the south.’ [ [http://www.arplus.com/archive/Dec99/casagrande/casagrande.html] - "The Architectural Review: A dramatic architectural installation designed to draw attention to the plight of the Finnish countryside., 12/1999" ]

The work was awarded in the Architectural Review 's Emerging Architecture 1999 competition and selected to the Venice Biennale 2000. Land(e)scape launched the international career or Casagrande & Rintala [ [http://www.contemporary-magazine.com/architech44.htm] - "Adam Mornament: When Attitude Becomes Form" Contemporary -magazine 2003 ]

The art work was set on fire by the authors in October 1999. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1234_206/ai_59177282] - "The Architectural Review: Burning Passion., 12/1999" ]

Land(e)scape represented Finland in the New Trend or Architecture in Europe and Japan 2001 exhibitions. [ [http://www.architecture-trend-press.net/Data/_exhi/2001/wwwE/catalog.htm] - "Catalog 1: Participating Architects (New Trends of Architecture in Europe and Japan 2001) , 2001" ]

References

External links

* [http://mikaeli.mikkeliamk.fi/mikaeli/arkisto/maaseutu/monitoimitiloja/lato-320x240.rm Burning of Land(e)scape] 1,5 min video; Päivi Kapiainen-Heiskanen, Web Radio Mikael 2001
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqzx1Nj_6SU Slaughter Carnival] Reijo Kela's performance, 9,2 min video; Casagrande & Rintala 1999


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