Before the arrival of Christianity, Finland still possessed a vast mythological tradition, its own way of explaining the world, how the world was created and how it functions, a communal identity, dating back thousands of years.<\/p>\n
In 2012 Henrik Malmstr\u00f6m arrived in the region of Kainuu \u2014the cradle of the Finnish national epic\u2014 with the intention of illustrating this mythology with images. Once on spot, he was disappointed: \u201cThis region is now among the poorest in the country. The ancient culture no longer exists.\u201d He stayed, however, near the Paljakka Strict Nature Reserve, to photograph the old-growth forest growing there. During this time, Malmstr\u00f6m\u2019s attention was drawn to minor news items published in the local newspaper, about \u201cthings that happen in the region, around this forest. Tragicomic and violent events, that were in a way very characteristic of Finland and of small Finnish localities.\u201d<\/p>\n
In their strikingness and crudeness, Malmstr\u00f6m\u2019s photographs of the forest resemble the short news items: \u201cFor me, the violence and the forest are in resonance.\u201d Unknowingly, Malmstr\u00f6m assembles a modern and peculiar account of today\u2019s Finland \u2014a Finland that will also be lost in the course of time\u2014 in an era when we must learn to not believe everything we see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Photographs and concepts: Henrik Malmstr\u00f6m
\nGraphic design: Ricardo Ba\u00e9z
\nTexts: Paavo J\u00e4rvensivu, L.E.G. and Tero Toivanen
\nTranslations: Eeva Talvikallio
\nLanguage: Finnish, English
\nRetouching: Bob Lightowler
\nPublisher: Pseudo Editions
\nReleased: September 2022
\nEdition: 210
\nPrinting: Printon AS, Tallinna
\nISBN 978-952-94-6116-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1990,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[45,409,454],"product_tag":[],"artists":[219],"location":[55],"publisher":[443],"years":[435],"class_list":{"0":"post-1993","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-bookshop","7":"product_cat-artist-books","8":"product_cat-photobook-awards","9":"product_shipping_class-posti-xxs-max-3-x-25-x-35-cm-2kg","10":"artists-henrik-malmstrom","11":"location-photographic-gallery-hippolyte","12":"publisher-pseudo-editions","13":"years-435","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"taxable","18":"shipping-taxable","19":"purchasable","20":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n