I am visual artist from Finland. My favourite areas are painting,
drawing, graphic art and photo. I am going to participate in We Are Resident - residence in Salford, Greater-Manchester in October - November 2016 with my family. My partner is graphic
designer and he is from France. We have two sons 4 years and
2 years old. We live in Finland.
I got
idea to make my research about my crisis of being mother and wife and
my big need of being artist. As I have understood We are resident
participants are all families and I think my point of view would
bring one piece of puzzle to the project.
I would
try during the residency find some answers but I am not sure if I
will.
I see
some artist can take their family as a part of their art or otherwise
continue their work like it was before they got children. In my case I have
not succeeded and for the moment I have no tools to make it happen.
I hope
to as well as create some art and research during this process and
residency also to make my future work and family life easier and more
enjoyable.
In my
everyday life I have gigantic difficulties to find any time for my
own projects. Even answering e-mails seems too much to ask most of
the time. Before I got children I worked as an art teacher and I felt it
answer to my artistic needs. Now I am at home but I feel much more
limited to express myself even there is in theory more free time. I
don't know if the situation will change when my younger son will
start in daycare. I feel also that my unsuccessful need of being
artist affects in my being mother also.
I think
I would realise my project by keeping some kind of diary I could also make some co-operation with other families in
the project and interview other artist in same situation about how
they solve the problem. I would make this diary side by side with my
other art project. I would not know yet, what my other art project
would be. Maybe something about Greater-Manchester. And I am not sure which
media I would like to use. Lately I have done mostly graphic art but
I am open to other materials also. Also I am not sure if the diary
will be the main work of art or the other.
