Gray Terrain, 2025
Steel, water, pvc, grommets, radiator knobs, bearings, astroturf, birch plywood, tyre, arduino, electronics ”A suggestion of movement or change, followed by a subtle restriction.
A missed opportunity or a dodged bullet. To stretch and yield, but to resist at the same time. To contain tensions – tightening and outbursts, controlled energy and its release. The illusion of control exists in the blink of an eye. At the very moment of control, something surprising can happen; the form twists, the force shifts, the surface explodes. As in every frozen moment, energy is not ephemeral – it only changes form. Even staying still is traveling, charging expectation, movement on standby. It is a space between potentials waiting for a phenomenon, chance or a participant.” The installation functions as a video game-like research platform, exploring subconscious symbolism in relation to the logic of materials. The abundance of materials today reflects an unsustainable way of life — industrially produced and disconnected from nature — that is coming to define our planet’s condition. We lost control a long time ago. The installation comprises five distinct works (”The sky, but where one forgets to land”, ”Lucky Seven”, ”Holder”, ”Turf burner” and ”Equilibrium”) including a kinetic sculpture that activates every two minutes. Each moment in the middle of installation can be different. The sculptures are arranged in the space not as fixed structures, but as suggestive forms that imply boundaries without enforcing them. The sculpture installation was on display at NYTT 2025 thesis exhibition at Turku Art House in April 2025.
