Lapinkangas, Pilpajärvi lean-to shelter
LAPINKANGAS: Pilpajärvi lean-to shelter
The monumental Picture Stone is created by artist Kai Ruohonen together with local people at the Pilpajärvi lean-to shelter along the tar route in Lapinkangas.
9. Picture Stone
Kai Ruohonen’s monumental Picture Stone, created in collaboration with the local people, is installed at the Pilpajärvi lean-to. The residents of the area gave suggestions, from which the artist has reduced the tribal sign of the Lapinkangas. The sign carved into the stone tells the story of the tar rowers of the Oulu River, and the sign also refers to prehistoric rock paintings. When carved into the stone, the tribal sign will remain for thousands of years, and the color in the engraving groove can be refilled with red ochre. Life in the area continues.
PICTURE STONE, environmental art, Kai Ruohonen and residents of the Lapinkangas area, stone, iron oxide (red ochre), 2025