Mother Tongue
Sari Nordman
Tower
Tower reflects on climate change and the biblical story of The Tower of Babel-the story of greed and the importance of cultural differences. Tower is a multi-disciplinary installation work incorporating sculpture, video projection, archiving, and community participation. In this project Sari Nordman contemplates the tower-form and the various remains that humans leave behind. “Having traveled extensively in Greece, visiting scores of ancient archeological sites,” the artist notes, “I have seen collapsed walls, towers, and monuments that once represented magnificent cities and peoples. What awes me in these sites, in addition to their magnificence, is nature’s slow, quiet invasion, and continued vitality. In my art practice I want to share this awe, and at the same time evoke an important question: can nature remain vital when facing the impact of contemporary humans?”
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Sari Nordman, Tower climate change interview transcript, 2020
Sari Nordman, Assembling on Ancient Towers, 2020, trailer, 2:23 mins. Credits: Director, cinematographer, editor, actor: Sari Nordman Poem: Eeva-Liisa Manner; translation Sari Nordman. Supported by Tohmajärvi Residency Filmed in Lesbos and Sifnos, Greece
Sari Nordman, Building a Tower to Frame Plastic Waste, 2020, trailer, 2:05 mins. Credits: Installation design: Robert Mencarini and Sari Nordman. Director, cinematographer, editor: Sari Nordman. Interviewees: Karen Bernard, Mandy Sau-yi Chan, Taurean Davis, Cecilia Fontanesi, Olga Hiiva, Janet Kraus, Anna-Maija Luukas, Cristina Mocellin, Raimo Nordman, Riina Varis, Blanca Vivancos, Susan Wedgle, Sabas Whittaker Supported by Catwalk Institute and New York University, The Amsterdam Collective Casa de Cultura, Tohmajärvi Residency, Jamaica Flux Filmed at Catwalk Institute, The Amsterdam Collective and Tohmajärvi Residency
Sari Nordman, Tower , 2019, wire mesh, plastic, plywood, 18" x 18" x 13’3"
Sari Nordman, Tower , 2019, wire mesh, plastic, plywood, 18" x 18" x 13’3"