The work is created from the infrared recording of a horse’s body cooling after its death. The life size projection, projected on the floor or on the wall, shows the blood-red figure of the horse slowly vanish from the screen as its body looses its heat. The recording is edited to 25 minutes loop.
About the artist
Terike Haapoja is a visual artist, working and living in Helsinki, Finland. Her work consists of videos, installations and performance projects, dealing with human-nature relations and characterized by innovative use of new media and technology. Haapoja has a master´s degree from the Theater Academy of Finland (dep. of Performance art and -theory) and from the Academy of Fine Arts in Finland. She is currently working on her artistic research PhD in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.