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Unbroken, 2021

Core drills from Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository
3 silk fabrics 230H x 173W cm
3 packing envelopes made of leftover sheep wool, produced by Wooloa, 41H x 31W cm
3 leathers
3 rose gold on cast silver

Variable dimensions

A site-specific, temporary installation at St. Henry´s Ecumenical Art Chapel (Pyhän Henrikin Ekumeenisen Taidekappeli), Turku, Finland

In the end of 2019, much earlier on the creation of this work, Kato previously met Matti Sanaksenaho, the architect of the chapel, and talked about the phenomenological and philosophical aspects of the architecture, and learned about Sanaksenaho’s original inspirations for the design of the chapel, and one of his primal ideas of timelessness. Taking this idea as a key, Kato conceptualised a non-anthropocentric situation and decided to juxtapose new layers of spacing and poetic context into the different parts of the chapel, including the altar. This work comprises of ephemeral and earthy elements, and sets a moment of encounter – quietly moving and assuring.

This work is a sister work of Kato’s public artwork, Kalpa | Bedrock | Fibroin (2020), that was installed at Educity in Kupittaa in 2020.

Acknowledgement:
Gabriel de la Cruz, Tero Hannonen / Au3 Goldsmiths, Ville Mäkikoskela, Posiva Oy, Kim & Maria Raiskinen / K. Raiskinen Oy, Matti Sanaksenaho, Annett Seidel / Plauener Seidenweberei GmbH, Lauri Vainio, Kaisa Viitasalo, Maija Lipasti,

The production and exhibition of Unbroken is supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike).