From the beginning of her career, Niina Vatanen has challenged and explored the notion of time as a mystery, unraveling the intricate workings of time’s passage. This topic is deeply rooted in the Nordic consciousness, where the changing seasons reveal both the harshness and softness of nature in the region. She collects her found images from a variety of sources, such as archives, old encyclopedias, and the internet, combining and intertwining them to create new and inventive connections. 
The Big Bang Theory (Dancer & Solar Eclipse) reflects the artist’s ongoing fascination with objects in orbit while evoking Aristotle’s theories on the movement of celestial bodies around the Earth within crystalline spheres. This work places female characters at the center of the universe, inviting the viewer to reflect on the broader relationship between humanity and the natural world. Emphasizing the constant flow of change, it calls to mind the impossibility of permanence in an ever-fluctuating world.