{"id":78,"date":"1994-11-15T01:02:41","date_gmt":"1994-11-15T00:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/?p=78"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:24:27","slug":"birch-alle-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/birch-alle-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Birch alle 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em data-start=\"237\" data-end=\"249\">Birch All\u00e9<\/em> was a commissioned work created for the annual <em data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"313\">Naisten Kymppi<\/em>, Finland\u2019s largest sporting event for women, bringing together approximately 18,500 runners, joggers, and walkers of all ages in Helsinki each spring.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"705\">The concept for the work was developed by me, and the realization was carried out collaboratively with a group of fellow students. The resulting installation took the form of a birch all\u00e9e rising from the water, marking a passage along the route.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"710\" data-end=\"957\">The work draws a parallel to Venus emerging from the sea, while also engaging with the symbolic significance of the birch tree (<em data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"846\">Betula<\/em>) in Nordic mythology and folklore. The birch is associated with growth, protection, renewal, hope, and purity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery gallery-78-1\"><div class=\"row gallery-row\"><div class=\"col-sm-3 col-lg-3\"><a data-lightbox-gallery=\"78\" title=\"\" class=\"thumbnail img-thumbnail\" href='https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/Bjorkalle1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-content\/uploads\/1994\/11\/Bjorkalle1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>As participants moved past the birch all\u00e9e, the work framed physical endurance and collective movement through a symbolic landscape of emergence, continuity, and becoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birch All\u00e9 was a commissioned work created for the annual Naisten Kymppi, Finland\u2019s largest sporting event for women, bringing together approximately 18,500 runners, joggers, and walkers of all ages in Helsinki each spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-work","post_format-post-format-gallery","dwtl normal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}