Moss Maps
Australia from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
There is a type of lichen which is very common in the Finnish archipelago and my family's summer house sits on a large granite hill covered with it. I have always seen certain shapes as islands or continents and decided to affix dry transfer lettering directly to the lichens to identify them as the places I recognized. When I had finished, the whole hill had become a kind of scrambled atlas.
England from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Taiwan from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Hawaii from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Sicily from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Bali from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
New Zealand from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Ostrov and Buru from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Novaja Zemla from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Canary Islands from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Madagascar from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Ireland from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Crete from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Iceland from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Falkland Islands from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic prints, each 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Cuba from Series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic print, 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).
Comoros Islands from series Moss Maps, 1993. Chromogenic print, 9.75 × 14.25 inches (24.8 × 36.2 cm).