OTHERWORLD

Otherworld dreams of a new affinity between the human and the inhuman, the organic and the inorganic, transforming existing hierarchies.

Otherworld exists in a framework of youth and love with aspects of the magical, the mythical and the esoteric. Like youth itself, Hertta Kiiski’s photographs inhabit a precarious state between daydream and unrest. Pictured are familiar yet altered landscapes, plants with eyes, heads levitating in the forest, and eyes depicted on a red-tinted seafloor. The series intertwines the imaginary with the everyday through its selection of photographs ranging from analog snapshots to staged and digitally altered portraits, created over a period of seven years.

© Hertta Kiiski - Mermaid's hair (green), 2021
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Mermaid's hair (green), 2021

© Hertta Kiiski - Temple of Castor and Pollux, 2022
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Temple of Castor and Pollux, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Cloud, 2021
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Cloud, 2021

© Hertta Kiiski - Alga socks,  2017
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Alga socks, 2017

© Hertta Kiiski - Friends Forever, 2022
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Friends Forever, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - This blue exists, 2023
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This blue exists, 2023

© Hertta Kiiski - Sunday morning in Chinatown L.A., 2022
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Sunday morning in Chinatown L.A., 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Dandelion and moon, 2022
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Dandelion and moon, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Being E, 2021
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Being E, 2021

© Hertta Kiiski - Night grapes, 2023
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Night grapes, 2023

© Hertta Kiiski - The House of Faun, 2022
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The House of Faun, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Sad fish, 2018
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Sad fish, 2018

© Hertta Kiiski - Armi at Veijo Rönkkönen's sculpture park, 2021
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Armi at Veijo Rönkkönen's sculpture park, 2021

© Hertta Kiiski - Family, 2022
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Family, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Wisdom of Virginia, 2019
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Wisdom of Virginia, 2019

© Hertta Kiiski - Stool II, 2022
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Stool II, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Almost too close, 2023
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Almost too close, 2023

© Hertta Kiiski - Roots and feet, 2022
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Roots and feet, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - June midnight poppy watching, 2022
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June midnight poppy watching, 2022

© Hertta Kiiski - Bladderwreck, 2021
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Bladderwreck, 2021

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