{"id":159,"date":"2012-07-10T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T16:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=159"},"modified":"2019-04-10T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T15:56:43","slug":"medicine-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Medicine City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image caption-align-left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_PussinenM-K_Virta-MedicineCity_Photo-MarinaEkroos-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_PussinenM-K_Virta-MedicineCity_Photo-MarinaEkroos-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_PussinenM-K_Virta-MedicineCity_Photo-MarinaEkroos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_PussinenM-K_Virta-MedicineCity_Photo-MarinaEkroos.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-1 is-cropped gallery-edit-alignright wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3-821x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"964\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=964\" class=\"wp-image-964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Berlin-Medicine-City3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity4-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights\" data-id=\"751\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=751\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity4.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity5.jpg\" alt=\"Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights\" data-id=\"750\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=750\" class=\"wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity5.jpg 902w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>A big, illuminated installation surprises the viewer. At first it seems like a beautiful and a mesmerizing night time cityscape: realizing the material of the buildings takes the themes of the artwork into deeper levels. Medicine City is made of tens of thousands used and empty medicine aluminium packages (pill blister packs).<\/p>\n<p>The artwork is about medicalization of our society. It is also about how cities can be seen as a medicine for loneliness and light as a medicine against fear.<\/p>\n<p>Installation has been shown in:<br>Tampere City Art Museum,Finland, Suomesta Gallery Berlin, Germany, Kuopio City Art Museum, Finland, and in LUX Helsinki Festival, Finland<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped gallery-edit-alignleft wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1-966x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1-966x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"968\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=968\" class=\"wp-image-968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1-966x1024.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Berlin-Medicine-City1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity3-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights\" data-id=\"752\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=752\" class=\"wp-image-752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity6-873x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity6-873x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights\" data-id=\"749\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=749\" class=\"wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity6-873x1024.jpg 873w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity6-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity6.jpg 1112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity2-926x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity2-926x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Antti Pussinen &amp; Martta-Kaisa Virta: Medicine City, 2009, 3 x 3 x 3m, Pill Blister Packs, Glue, Wood, Fiber Optic Lights\" data-id=\"753\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/?attachment_id=753\" class=\"wp-image-753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity2-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity2-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.anttipussinen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/A_Pussinen_M-K_Virta_MedicineCity2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big, illuminated installation surprises the viewer. At first it seems like a beautiful and a mesmerizing night time cityscape: realizing the material of the buildings takes the themes of the artwork into deeper levels. Medicine City is made of tens of thousands used and empty medicine aluminium packages (pill blister packs). 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