14 February - 15 March 2026

Ouroboros – Landscape of Men by Keijo Laitala explores the complex relationship between humans and nature in Hietasaari, an island district in Oulu, Finland, where urban development and land use pressures are transforming a fragile local environment. Work reflects on cycles of construction, decay, and renewal. Moments when human presence fades and nature slowly reclaims what has been left behind. The project has approached this change in landscape for example from the perspective of trees — silent witnesses, victims and conquerors of continuous change. Between these phases lies a liminal space where abandonment and flourishing coexist, where the traces of history persist as foundations, cellars, artefacts and remnants of vanished lives.

- “𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘰 𝘓𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘓𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦”- 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵.