Sofia Vuorenmaa

About the artwork

The works Nightlight and In Blue consist of paper-based prints. The body of work alludes to immersive blue colour phenomena, such as the sea or the night, and to the experience of observing them. I examine the spatiality and transience of blue as well as the feeling of being close and far at the same time. I reflect on the desire to record and create systems for perceiving a colour that ultimately hides from its own name. 

When you look long enough into the Sun the whole landscape turns blue. Night – what a true ocean of colours! I write an entry in my journal of morning skies: light blue, dark blue, lilac grey, white, red, pink, a touch of orange. Finally, the Sun rises so early that the sunrise is no longer within my reach. 

Semi-dark blue, semi-dark blue. Day after day. 

Biography

Sofia Vuorenmaa (b. 2001) works mainly with techniques of printmaking, drawing and analogue photography. In her artistic practice, she explores observations about the sea and natural phenomena through poetic thinking.