Our weight in ashes is 3,5% of our body mass

Our weight in ashes is 3,5% of our body mass, I have ordered my ashes in blue, I want to become blue stardust reaching the moon / (2015) installation: 1.75 kg of glitter, 58,5 cm marble plate, spotlight / current pedestal 170 x 170 x 50 cm

About / On top of a round marble plate is a pile of blue glitter weighing of 1.75 kilograms - the equivalent of the artist’s weight after cremation. The blue stardust-like flecks, poured vertically to form a fragile cone, allude both to our progressively artificial composition and to dreams of fame and immortality.

Credits / photo documentation: Jussi Tiainen With the support of / Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike)  Shows /  2015 Babel Gallery (NOR) / 2015 Huuto Gallery, Helsinki (FI) / 2015 Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma  (FI) curated by Arja Miller / 2021 Oulu Art Museum (FI) curated by Elina Vieru and Maximilian Letze / 2022 Borås Art Museum (SE) curated by Caroline Gustafsson / 2025 Amos Rex (FI) curated by Katariina Timonen In the collection of / Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma