VR STUDIO
Our VR studio consists of our latest works, captured through 360° photos and binaural audio recordings. You may view the documentation through a browser, cell phone, or VR glasses. Try the full screen mode by clicking on the top right corner of the 360° images. If you are using VR glasses, activate full screen mode by clicking on the VR glasses symbol, also on the top right corner.
Our VR studio started in 2020, when we decided to take advantage of technologies that would significantly reduce, if not eliminate, air travel for projects and exhibitions. Our use of 360° cameras, binaural microphones, and VR glasses as working tools for collaboration proved especially helpful, allowing us to communicate and experience the multisensorial nature of various sites and spaces without physical presence. We developed this method of work before COVID-19 started, but the pandemic encouraged us to explore these tools further.
All our exhibitions since early 2020 were designed and worked on via virtual environments, remotely. The Rains Are Different Now (2020) at the Poriginal Gallery of the Pori Art Museum, Murmurations (2020) at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Clare at Forum Box (2021) in Helsinki. In addition to acting as a platform for designing exhibitions, these 360° images and binaural audio also served as comprehensive documentation of the works, which we decided to turn into a virtual showroom.
THE RAINS ARE DIFFERENT NOW (SADE ON TOISENLAISTA NYT), 2020
Pori Art Museum, Poriginal Gallery 5.—22.9.2020
Three-channel sound installation
Directional speakers (recycled PET), profile lights, media players
Constantly changing loop
The sound installation The Rains Are Different Now (Sade on toisenlaista nyt), created in collaboration with cultural anthropologist Inkeri Aula, is centered around changing environments, uncertainty, and local knowledge. The exhibition is prepared with the ethnographic material of the multinational research project, SENSOTRA (Sensory Transformations and Transgenerational Environmental Relationships in Europe 1950-2020).
The work was produced with the kind support the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and Satakunta Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Exhibition text (in Finnish) AulaNiskanenSalo_sadeontoisenlaistanyt.pdf (152kt)