The Prison guard’s daughter, 2025

By Mari Mäntynen ^{Emerging artist}

300 x 300 cm

1-channel video projection Duration: 10:55 min In the Prison Guard’s Daughter project, Mäntynen returns to the landscapes of her childhood in the Kerava prison area. “My childhood home was inside the gate of the Kerava prison. My father has worked as a guard in the prison for almost 50 years. I went back to the prison area to play with the prisoners: we built a pyramid.”

Photo 1: Prison Guard’s Daughter, Screenshot, 2025

Photo 2: Installation, Prison Guard’s Daughter, Kuvan Kevät 2025