Pia Sirén (b. 1982) is a site-specific sculptor who sources the materials for her spatial installations from garden centres and hardware stores.
She constructs immersive works using synthetic, commonplace items such as plastics, tarpaulins, scaffolding, aluminium ladders, insulation, buckets, hoses, boarding and zip ties, which she transforms into ephemeral, illusory landscapes evoking the arbitrary features of nature.
In her work in Helsinki Biennial, the buildings on the ferry wharf of Vallisaari Island are camouflaged behind an artificial landscape of blue sky, faraway hills, forests and trees.
Artwork location: Vallisaari Island
Photo: Kati Rapia