Mark Niskanen & Jani-Matti Salo: Pilv-Cloud

Completion year: 2024

Technique: Sound showers, easels, sound speakers, mediaplayers

Size: Variable

Duration: 22:00

Edition: 1/1

Keywords: Mark Niskanen, Jani-Matti Salo, Inkeri Aula, Pilv-Cloud, Tartu 2024

In the circular Pilv-Cloud sound installation, a whispering ghost guides visitors on a multi-sensory journey through the four seasons and across time. This metaphorical ghost represents our fragile relationship with our environment, highlighting the imbalance that endangers our coexistence with nature and other beings. The installation’s text, drawn from Estonian Nature Folklore Archive as well as walking interviews conducted in the Tartu area in the spring of 2024, blends humorous and poetic in its fragmented narrative.

Concept: Mark Niskanen & Jani-Matti Salo together with Inkeri Aula
Curatorial team: Henri Hütt, Evelyn Raudsepp
Voice actor: Germo Toonikus
Thank you: Stella Mottus, Taive Särg, Piret Põldve, Taavi Piibemann, Panphonics
Artist management: Outi Järvinen / Arts Management Helsinki
Support: The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Frame Contemporary Art Finland
Photos: Courtesy of the artists

Pilv-Cloud is commissioned by Estonian Literary Museum / Tartu 2024

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