Pihatto Artist Residency, South Karelia, Lappeenranta, Finland, May-June 2026
25.5.2026Dugcut 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
