Anni Porrasmäki

I cover my left eye, and everything looks like a movie. I combine a landscape and an iPhone image. I take a picture of you to remember all of this. There is a constant and restless feeling of seeking something. Something relatable, something familiar, something to rely on. The brain tries to create one meaningful picture from many small parts.

The dissociative experience takes us away from this reality. Alienation and disconnection create a feeling of constantly being somewhere else. Somewhere in the middle. The landscapes are distorting, dear faces turn unfamiliar, and the connection between past and present events is disrupted.

Sometimes a transparent image appears over the landscape. The view becomes unsettling in many ways, but not frightening. The two views often blend well with each other. When the former reality disappears, I'm not sure if I'm in the landscape itself or if I'm looking at it like a photograph. For a while, it's hard to see far and the bigger picture of things. Eventually the landscape cracks, but I'm used to staying calm.

Music: Martin Spieler

Sounds: Anni Porrasmäki

Screen captures from the video work