Lauri Astala
Sex / Male
Year of birth / 1958
Website / www.lauriastala.com
Lauri Astala (b. 1958) graduated from Art Institute of Chicago (MFA), lives and works in Helsinki. Astala's works are concerned with concepts and experience of space, and the cultural structures that form and frame them. His early works from 90's (sculptures and installations) considered the cognitive relation of images to spaces. Since 2000 his works are comprised of videos and video installations, which deal with experience of space, e.g. by placing the spectator on "stage", as a concrete part of the work. Astala has been represented in several international exhibitions and video festivals. Latest solo show: Helsinki Art Museum, Finland, 2010. The State Prize of Finland was awarded to Lauri Astala in 2007.
Filmography
- Gamelan (2010)
- Apropos of Seeing (2008)
- My Happiness is Round (2007)
- Rome dérive I (2006)
- Rome dérive II (2006)
- Small Spectacle about Encountering (2005-2010)
- Small Spectacle about Image-Semblance (2005)
- Small Spectacle about Lightness (2005)
- Small Spectacle about Nearness (2005)
- Small Spectacle about Unattainable (2003)
- As Though Time Was All Around (2002)
