Nonstop is a three-meter-high steel wall at the Rastila subway station, Helsinki. It consists of 16 steel plates with a combined length of 32 meters, and it weighs some 8000 kg. Some of the plates are polished stainless steel and are almost like mirrors. Others are painted glossy black using a car-painting technique, while others are in varying states of corrosion and decay.

The use of both rusted and clean stainless steel is a comment on the dialogue between the transient and the permanent. The title also refers to the steady stream of passengers on their way there and back. Nonstop is a play of constant alternation and change.

© Timo Heino, 1998