Photography by Rosa Nuutinen
Sauna
Rosa Nuutinen
Rosa-Maria Nuutinen (b. 1992, Hämeenlinna, Finland) is a London based artist working with a predominantly drawing based practice, concerned by ideas of our society’s impact on the planet and on people.
Nuutinen considers the ageing process, connection and disconnection, our internal and external environment, the post-human condition and dystopian narratives. Through the work Nuutinen reflects on how, in the future, humans will no longer be present but will leave behind an irreversible mark on our planet.
Concepts such as cyborg bodies and biotechnology are present within the work, as Nuutinen is interested by the idea that humans, in order to maintain our current life style, rely heavily on technology in order to survive, creating complex technological mechanisms to continue living.
This photograph is part of a series titled ‘Kotona’ (At Home), where I’m documenting what home means and is to me, in and around my father’s house in Finland. The sauna has a special place within Finnish culture and the main principal is that a Finnish person has to have an access to a sauna on a weekly basis.
In my family we have two saunas, one is built inside of our house and the other is outside beside a lake. We haven’t used the outside sauna for 15 years, it’s full of mouse droppings and occasionally some birds find their way inside and die because they can’t find their way out. For a Finnish person the outside sauna is in a sad stage and I’m hoping that one day our family will start using it again.
35mm B&W Film Scan Printed on Somerset Velvet 330gsm Paper
32x44cm
Framed
Edition of 10 plus 2 AP