AUTOCHTHONIC FANTASY – Arttu Merimaa
The term chthonic (from Greek khthonios) refers to subterranean things.
In spring 2014, a reconstruction of a dugout dwelling was constructed in the 6th district in the area where the Dugout Town had been located. Autochthonic Fantasy documents the construction of a dugout, putting it into dialogue with narratives that fetishise the subterranean. Dugout dwellings and the emergence of the Finnish welfare society are examined as a kind of chthonic process: what becomes visible, what is formed, what becomes tangible.