IHME’s Night of Science, 20 January 2022
Singapore Art Week, until 23 January 2022
International Forest Day, hold your own incense ceremony, 21 March 2022
Galleri Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland, until 26 March 2022
Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, 9 April - 11 June 2022
Evergreen, F15, Moss, Norway, 28 May - 5 October 2022
Acknowledgments
Collaborating with leading scientists and researchers across the world, Katie Paterson’s conceptual projects consider our place on Earth in the context of geological time and change.
www.katiepaterson.org
To Burn, Forest, Fire was first commissioned by IHME Helsinki, a contemporary art organisation that situates its activities in a dialogue between art and science. Collaborating with artists and Finnish and international partners, IHME has commissioned annual art projects for ten years.
www.ihmehelsinki.fi
Collaborative Scientists: Professor Emeritus Jan Zalasiewicz (University of Leicester School of Geography, Geology and Environment), Docent of Palaeoclimatology J. Sakari Salonen (University of Helsinki), Palaeobotanist Chris Berry (University of Cardiff, Wales), Professor of Literature, Biology and Environmental Research David George Haskell (Sewanee: The University of The South, Tennessee, USA), Researcher Ana Maria Yáñez Serrano (Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Barcelona, Paleobiologist Sarah E Gabbott (School of Geography, Geology and Environment, University of Leicester)
Katie Paterson Studio: Siobhán Maguire
Production: Paula Toppila, Executive Director, IHME Helsinki
Communications and Marketing: Päivi Matala, Cultural Producer, IHME Helsinki
Carbon footprint calculation: Saara Korpela, Eco-coordinator, IHME Helsinki
Incense makers: Shoyeido Incense Co. Ltd: Masataka Hata, Teiji Fujimoto, Tadashi Matsuoka
Photography: Veikko Somerpuro
Film: Samy Kramer, Martin Jäger, Petteri Laine in collaboration with IHME Helsinki
Graphic design: Fraser Muggeridge, Luke Charsley, Marjo Malin
Editor: Faye Fornasier
Translations: Shuko Noguchi, Alejandro Herrera, Mike Garner, Mustion Merkitys
Helsinki venues: Old City Hall, Henri Kähkönen, Observatory, Päivi Harjunpää, The Rock Church, Heli Suhtala Ulvalic, The Crypt of the Cathedral, Anni Roiha, Cultural Centre Stoa, Sanna Nuutinen, Korkeasaari Zoo, Susanna Silvonen, Roihuvuori Parish Church Hall, Otto-Ville Mikkelä, National Museum, Hanna Forssell, Fine Arts Academy Hanna Johansson, Suomenlinnan hoitokunta, Paula Lappalainen, Kuurojen liitto (Malmi), Virve Puro, Kumpulan Campus, J. Sakari Salonen, Kumpula Botanical Garden, Sanna Vuori
Audience workers: Sami Nieminen, Joss Allen, Yilin Ma, Kaisa Silvo, Saara Korpela, Erika Aspholm, Jasmiina Kuronen
To Burn, Forest, Fire
Katie Paterson
焚 林 火