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Between the lines


Between the lines meditates on man’s attempts of putting things in and out of structures challenging freedom and restrictions in the form of a visual research project. Gathered from sources as diverse as press libraries, online forums, public domain archives and the artist’s photographs, Between the lines is an oblique response to these issues of power. Collecting these images together asks questions about our living relationship with our surroundings - whether we are in control of the processes we have released upon the world, or whether they now control us.

photographies for the magazine FOAM
In limbo : “What can photography do ?”
2020, issue 57
carte blanche by Elisa Medde











Visual research :

Metsäpaloalueelta hakattua puutavaraa ristikolla tien vieressä. "Kurun paloalueen puutavaraa." (alkuperäinen teksti kuvan takana). by Perälä, I. - 1934 - Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum, Finland - CC BY. "Hiekkadyynien sitomisen I vaihe, risuaidat ruuduittain. Ain Seban" (alkuperäinen kuvateksti). by Peitsa Mikola - Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum, Finland - CC BY. Begräbnis Körner (Bundesheer-Formation) by Blaha, Franz - Austrian National Library, Austria - Copyright Not Evaluated. Kuorittua kuitupuuta ristikolla palstatien varressa. "Nokia Oy:n varastoa." (alkuperäinen teksti). by Aulis E. Hakkarainen - Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum, Finland - CC BY. Förpik på gallerplan. Byggnation av fartyg nr 204 T/T Asa V. Call. by Okänd - Bohuslän Museum, Sweden - Public Domain. Raster Schablonen, Foto 1959 - Schöneweide Industrial Museum, Germany - CC BY-SA. Objektivprobe: Quadratraster by Ludwig Angerer (Künstler_in) - 1867 - Albertina, Austria - Public Domain. Europeana.eu-488-https___www_esbirky_cz_detail_6932803-5e9cc97bf7ff15d81593cc9f0a60d2a5 Proportionen von Fenstern - Deutsche Fotothek, Germany - Public Domain. Proportions - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Formes et Structure du Pollen - 1835 - Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid, Spain - CC BY-NC-SA. Struktura - dekorativní motiv by Jaroslav Hořánek - Library of the National Museum, Czech Republic - CC BY-NC-ND. Anatomical structure of human & animal skull - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Byggnadskonstruktion - 1969 - Blekinge Museum, Sweden - CC BY-NC. Obstbaumplantage - Deutsche Fotothek, Germany - Public Domain. Anläggande av eluppvärmda hus i Skärplinge, Uppland 1968 by Arbetarbladet, Tierp - Upplands Museum, Sweden - CC BY-NC-ND. Plate A, Strabismus. by Nicolas-Henri Jacob - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. Kuusentaimikkoa talvella. "11-vuotinen kuusi-istutus Mäntässä. (G. A. Serlachius A. B.) Koivun ja lepän vesat raivattu pois." (alkuperäinen teksti kuvan takana). by Vesterinen, Emil - Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum, Finland - CC BY.