Abstrakti
The nation-state border is a territorial practice that establishes spatial discontinuity across geographic space, which would otherwise be continuous. In the landscape of the borderland, this territorial principle makes way for encounters between dreams, memories and non-human beings.
This article examines the artistic research project, ‘Stitching Tracks’, carried out by the Disconnected Space Research Group, which investigates the remnants of a railway once severed by the border between Russia and Finland. Through performative research, the group carried out iterative walks, following the tracks' traces, and asked: “What are the effects of tracing the path of the ruined railway as if it still maintained its structural connection?” By tracing the railway's remains, the group explored the sensory experience of the borderland. These journeys, spanning from 2017 to 2023, were influenced by two global crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They impacted the group's conceptions as well as their artistic practices. In the course of the project, the site of disconnection at the borderland was experienced as an off-connected space, defined by the intertwining of the perceptible and the absent.
The article compares Jacques Derrida’s (1988) assertion that writing can produce iteration beyond its original context with the spatial experience of the borderland. In addition to the bodily practice of walking, this artistic research was conducted through creative practices that included documentary photography, installation art, participatory performance, sound art and the use of private letters as a form of participatory writing. This voyage of discovery to the off-connections is twofold. The photographic study by Hanna Koikkalainen juxtaposes the text written by Jaakko Ruuska
This article examines the artistic research project, ‘Stitching Tracks’, carried out by the Disconnected Space Research Group, which investigates the remnants of a railway once severed by the border between Russia and Finland. Through performative research, the group carried out iterative walks, following the tracks' traces, and asked: “What are the effects of tracing the path of the ruined railway as if it still maintained its structural connection?” By tracing the railway's remains, the group explored the sensory experience of the borderland. These journeys, spanning from 2017 to 2023, were influenced by two global crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They impacted the group's conceptions as well as their artistic practices. In the course of the project, the site of disconnection at the borderland was experienced as an off-connected space, defined by the intertwining of the perceptible and the absent.
The article compares Jacques Derrida’s (1988) assertion that writing can produce iteration beyond its original context with the spatial experience of the borderland. In addition to the bodily practice of walking, this artistic research was conducted through creative practices that included documentary photography, installation art, participatory performance, sound art and the use of private letters as a form of participatory writing. This voyage of discovery to the off-connections is twofold. The photographic study by Hanna Koikkalainen juxtaposes the text written by Jaakko Ruuska
| Julkaisun otsikon käännös | Kiskojen kudontaa sanoin ja askelmin: – tilan epäjatkuvuuden koettelua kävelemällä |
|---|---|
| Alkuperäiskieli | englanti |
| Julkaisu | [...] Ellipses journal for creative research |
| Numero | 5 |
| Tila | Julkaistu - 10 lokak. 2025 |
| OKM-julkaisutyyppi | A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli |
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