{"id":14,"date":"2026-10-14T08:53:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interface-ing.local\/artworks\/the-past-is-a-foreign-country\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T11:27:52","slug":"the-past-is-a-foreign-country","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/artworks\/the-past-is-a-foreign-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The Past Is a Foreign Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div class=\"interface-artwork-carousel\" data-block=\"interface-artwork-carousel\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Artwork photographs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-viewport\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Artwork photographs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-track swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-slide swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 1\"><img width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-480x360.png\" class=\"attachment-interface-ing-gallery-480 size-interface-ing-gallery-480\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 40px), 80vw\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-480x360.png 480w, https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-293x220.png 293w, https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder-533x400.png 533w, https:\/\/www.luxurylogico.com\/exhibitions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/px8-artwork-placeholder.png 800w\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-controls\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Artwork image controls\" >\n\t\t\t<button class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-previous\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Previous photograph\" disabled><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4 12h16M13 5l7 7-7 7\"\/><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-count\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">01 \/ 01<\/p>\n\t\t\t<button class=\"interface-artwork-carousel-next\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Next photograph\" disabled><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4 12h16M13 5l7 7-7 7\"\/><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<section class=\"interface-artwork-about interface-artist-row\" data-block=\"interface-artwork-about\">\n <h2>About<\/h2>\n <div class=\"interface-artist-copy\"><p><strong>The Past Is a Foreign Country<\/strong> begins with tar production in northern Finland for a global market shaped by maritime trade and imperial expansion. It draws attention to what this history of production leaves behind\u2014not only in collective memory, but also in air, soil, water and forests.<\/p>\n<p>Produced on site at AaltoSiilo, the work incorporates music by Finnish artist and musician <strong>Lau Nau<\/strong> and <strong>Sontag Shogun<\/strong>, reworked by LuxuryLogico as part of the installation. This collaboration connects the work\u2019s exploration of place, environmental traces and industrial memory to its Finnish context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"interface-artwork-details interface-artist-row\" data-block=\"interface-artwork-details\">\n <h2>Artwork Details<\/h2>\n <div class=\"interface-artist-copy\"><dl class=\"interface-artist-detail-list\"><div><dt>Year<\/dt><dd>2026<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Medium<\/dt><dd>Kinetic installation, mixed media<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Dimensions<\/dt><dd>Variable dimensions (site-specific)<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"interface-artwork-details interface-artist-row\" data-block=\"interface-artwork-details\">\n <h2>Production<br \/>\nCredits<\/h2>\n <div class=\"interface-artist-copy\"><dl class=\"interface-artist-detail-list\"><div><dt>Artistic Direction<\/dt><dd>LuxuryLogico<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Research<\/dt><dd>Shuchen Wang<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Sound\/Music<\/dt><dd>Lau Nau and Sontag Shogun; musical materials reworked by Lin<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Photography \/ Video<\/dt><dd>Juha Niemel\u00e4<\/dd><\/div><div><dt>Special thanks<\/dt><dd>HIWIN Technologies Corp., HIWIN Mikrosystem Corp., DECADE TW.<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":15,"template":"","artwork-category":[3],"class_list":["post-14","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-oulu-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Past Is a Foreign Country | LuxuryLogico<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A kinetic installation at AaltoSiilo on northern Finland&#039;s tar trade, environmental traces and industrial memory, with music by Lau Nau and Sontag Shogun.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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