asennuksissaan
Asennuksissaan is a Finnish phrase used in descriptive and critical writing to refer to something in the state created by installation. The word is formed from asennus (installation, setup) with the inessive ending -ssa and the possessive suffix -nsä, which marks ownership by the subject. Thus, asennuksissaan translates roughly to “in its installation” or “in their installations,” depending on the context. The form emphasizes the arrangement, presentation, or operational state produced by the installation rather than the bare object.
In practice, asennuksissaan is common in art criticism and exhibition catalogues, where it helps to discuss
Grammatically, asennuksissaan illustrates Finnish compounding and suffixation: asennus + inessive -ssa + possessive suffix -nsä. Related forms include
See also: Installation art, in situ, Finnish language morphology.