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Skin and Teeth

Skin and Teeth
2025

Installation view of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström

Installation
Pyrolytic solar control glass, tinted planibel glass and steel
Dimensions variable

Gradually, then suddenly
Helsinki Contemporary


Installation view of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation view of Skin and Teeth. Photo: Jussi Tiainen

Drawing from contemporary architecture, these glass façades are both transparent and
opaque, inviting visibility while enforcing separation. The interplay of reflection and
materiality points to the social structures embedded in the built environment: barriers
that regulate movement, assert control, and, at the same time, mirror the viewer.
Beyond these architectural fragments, the structures can be seen as bodies—the glass
as skin, the steel as the supporting framework, the bones that hold them together.

Installation detail of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation detail of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation view of Skin and Teeth. Photo: Jussi Tiainen
Installation detail of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation detail of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation view of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström
Installation detail of Skin and Teeth from Helsinki Contemporary. Photo: Hans Rosenström