Scrap Metal Book by Via Ruuska

"I made this for myself, but I want you to be here with me."

This is a commentary of urban space, of a person in the city, my transition, wastelands, and personal memories, feelings, and fears related to such places. It is a poetic collage of a private story in a public place, the world. These pages combine images, words, a bittersweet perception of time, transsexuality, construction waste, cried mascaras, perhaps even architecture, and some matter beneath the surface. Perhaps it is a desire, a longing, or a cry that seems to have no recipient.

Via Ruuska, 2025