Further, I will not venture alone
Maanantai is a collective formed by a group of 8 artists-photographers from Helsinki.
It started after a succession of Monday meetings and the desire to escape North.
This lead to a first trip to the Norwegian Lofoten islands (Nine Nameless Mountains, 2012-2013). Later on, we complemented this work by exploring the southern Finnish archipelago with Between the Flashes of the Lighthouse (2014).
Further, I will not venture alone, is a combination of previous works and unseen ones.
Maanantai Collective’s body of work is the result of creative processes made by “one common author and sixteen eyes”. It is built as a playful and intriguing collection of images mixing various media and challenging the notion of individual authorship. The book Nine Nameless Mountains was – more than any other aspects of the project – a platform for experimentation, our common territory for trials and surprises.
With the mountain / the sea as “leitmotivs”, the escaping horizon as a metaphor for life and the impossibility to reach an absolute goal, Maanantai‘s work revisits the traditional road-trip genre with an impish attitude and curiosity towards the unknown.
