Jouni Kaipia: Barcarole. Bani-joki, Mali.2

Water covers more than two thirds of the surface of our planet.
Consequently, the human species had to find ways of crossing all those water bodies in order to inhabit the Earth.
Through millennia, our ancestors invented clever techniques to build vessels and move them with muscle power by rowing, paddling, pushing with poles etc.
Barcarole is a musical term, originating from the traditional folk songs sung by the gondoliers, the boatmen of Venice, Italy.
Smoothly gliding on a water surface is in itself like music and it can definitely make you sing. So, let’s sing a Barcarole!

About the artist
Jouni Kaipia is an architect and photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Being an architect by training, he cannot keep his background from informing his photography. However, as a photographic artist, Kaipia is more interested in fellow humans and the spatial situations they define than in buildings alone. He is in constant search for archetypal phenomena, observing the diverse bodily conjunctions of human beings and their surroundings. In his search, Kaipia keeps traveling the world, pondering what it is to dwell on this globe.

By purchasing this print, you are donating 10 € to forest protection

The Association of Photographic Artists is participating in the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation´s (Luonnonperintösäätiö) campaign that is raising funds for the Art Forest (Taiteen metsä). The artist donates 5 € and the Association of Photographic Artists doubles the donation.