Milky Way

Milky Way (2015) is a commentary on the images of outer space. A lot of which are “artistic interpretations”.

It is inspired by panspermia, a theory of ‘seeds of life’ expanding and traveling everywhere in the Universe. According to the hypothesis, life on earth and therefore humans originate from these seeds.

Likewise the Sambia people in Papua New Guinea believe that humans are containers through which life flows in the forms of male milk and female milk: “For the Sambia, the essence of life is fluid; it is in blood, female milk and male milk. Human bodies are not producers of fluid but conduits of fluids.“, philosopher Alphonso Lingis writes.

Milky Way is a series of male milk (semen) and female milk (breast milk) shot close up on a coffee table.

The work pays a tribute to the Greek goddess Hera, whose spilled breast milk formed the Milky Way according to the Greek mythology.

Selected exhibitions 2015–2024:
Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland.
ZKM / Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany. 
Stedelijk Museum, Breda, The Netherlands.
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Japan.
The Griffin Museum of Photography, USA.
Happylucky no.1, New York, USA.
Jarvis Dooney Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Photo50 at the London Art Fair, England.
Varikko Galleria, Seinäjoki, Finland.
Foley Gallery, New York, USA.
Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia.
Gallery Korjaamo, Helsinki, Finland.