SIC participating and representing my artworks at Foto Tallinn 2026. Taking place from 18–20 September 2026 at Kai Art Center in Tallinn, the biennial art fair continues to position itself as a key meeting point for collectors, artists, and galleries engaged with the evolving field of photographic art.
The photographic installation Blueprint IX, 2026 is composed of a series of modules, photographic works, whose visual content derives from repeated visits to a post-industrial landscape over the course of several years of fieldwork. Here, Sirviö’s project places particular focus on abandoned control rooms, once used to operate factory machinery or infrastructure, and to maintain connections with the outside world.
Blueprint IX 2026 (a four-part photographic installation)
Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Rag Photographique-paper, metal screws, partly sanded aluminum plates with residues of images from years 2008-2026, 2 x-ray slides on infrastructure (found in abandoned archives of AGA headquarters in 2017), plexiglass, metal object (found in abandoned office building, Helsinki 2018), aluminum object (found in Helsinki 2015), inkjet print on fibreglass, inkjet print on plastic transparency film, tracing paper. Edition 1
Dugcut is a multi-part work that examines the interfaces between the post-industrial landscape and infrastructure through various media. The project will take shape over the next couple of years through fieldwork and archiving. The work will be fragmentary in form, consisting of videos, sculptures, photographs and a publication.
Sirviö will be staying at the Pihatto Artist Residency located on the gallery’s upper floor from May to June. During the residency, the artist will work mainly on the interface between post-industrial infrastructure and nature in South Karelia, collecting new raw materials for the project.
The exhibition opening in Gallery Pihatto is the process-like beginning of Dugcut, in which Sirviö has constructed fragmentary landscapes from modules based on locations documented during his fieldwork. One of the landscapes featured in the exhibition was photographed in the fall of 2024 in an abandoned air raid shelter at a former copper factory in Imatrankoski. Landscapes have also been documented for the exhibition in Southwest Finland and the Uusimaa region.
The exhibition is part of the Experimental Art Lab run by the South Karelian Artists’ Association and supported by the Kone Foundation.
Dugcut *2026-, wood, inkjet print on fiberglass, aluminum, spray paint, plexiglass, painted steel, tin (lead-free), copper, acoustic panel, tracing paper, inkjet print on photo paper, metal screws
