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Initially, they were interested in studying the incarnations of nature and Scandinavian folklore legends about natural phenomena. But years later, the project expanded.

Eyes ⠀⠀⠀as Big as Plates

In 2011, Karoline Hjorth Riitta Ikonen launched the «Eyes as Big as Plates project».

of green

under the veil

ries

15 countries

And it turned into a search for belonging of modern human to nature.

Most of the participants are older people who often have a deeper connection to the lands they live, work or cultivate.

a project about the continuous search for belonging of modern human to nature

farmers

housewives

zoologists

scientists

paratroopers

opera singers

plumbers

anglers

Astrid II, Norway 2011

Markku, Finland 2012

Kåre, Norway 2017

Sinikka, Norway 2019

Malcolm, Tasmania 2019

and not even just with eyes at all but with the wild, barely articulate being of clouds and seas and rocks and trees and stars.

We need to learn to see not just with Western eyes but with Islamic eyes and Inuit eyes, not just with human eyes but with golden-cheeked warbler eyes, coho salmon eyes, and polar bear eyes,

Mr Choi, South Korea 2017

Mama, South Korea 2016

Mr.Ohi, South Korea 2016

on each
picture —

lonely figure

Edda, Iceland 2013

Here, nature acts both as content and as context: the characters literally inhabit the landscape in the sculptures that they create together with the artists.

In a landscape from an environment not indicating

NEITHER PLACE,
NOR TIME

and merge happens