’shadow’ - helsinki, 2005 (photo credit: gari.baldi)

unfortunately the surreal scene above was actually an art installation by kaarina kaikkonen on the streets of helsinki, simply rows and rows of clothing suspended above the roads. i hope it stayed. kaikkonen seems to have a thing for 2nd hand clothing: she also assembled 3000 men’s jackets and placed them neatly on the steps of helsinki cathedral in 2000 (see below). unfortunately some of the dye from the jackets seeped into the stone underneath leaving a permanent reminder for years to come.

‘way’ - helsinki cathedral, 2000