Maija Luutonen: Gust, 2020. Lauttasaari Daycare Centre. Photo: HAM/Kirsi Halkola Gust Artist Maija Luutonen Lauttasaari Daycare Centre, Isokaari 30, 00200 Helsinki Indoor Sculpture Limited access: the work is available to view for the users of the premises only. The multi-piece work Gust by Maija Luutonen (born 1978) spreads across Lauttasaari Daycare Centre, in three different stairways and the yard area. The needle-punched wool textile piece in the hall resembles a fragmented map, the loose parts of which have flown away with a gust of wind and landed on the stairways and the yard. The wall textile has a wavy pattern that hides various shapes and elements that start to stand out gradually when looking at the piece. The parts of the work located in the stairways get their shape from the wall textile’s wave, but these shapes have shattered into fragments. The light installations have been made with the LED Countour technique. The patterns in the pieces spread over the yard have been hand-carved in several stones found at the construction site. According to the artist, the theme of the work is demolition and construction, perceiving texts and images, and searching and finding. The artist borrowed shapes for the work from sources such as calligraphy, waves, numerals, flying pieces of paper, leaves, tentacles and the building’s architecture. The shapes, materialised in different states, look like they are attempting to form signs and symbols. The work was produced under the Percent for Art programme, and it belongs to the collection of the City of Helsinki, managed and curated by HAM. At map
