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 Drawing from historical ship log annotations, physics-based environmental simulations, and contemporary generative tools such as OpenAI’s Sora, the piece explores how past maritime events can be reimagined through machine-assisted interpretation. Dear All, I warmly welcome you to the opening of our exhibition: The Wave In the Mind: Roberto Fusco & Emma Fält 12.06.- 3.09.25 Ålands sjöfartsmuseum Hamngatan 2 MARIEHAMN open daily, 10 am-17 pm Vernissage on Wednesday, 11th of June at 5 pm https://sjofartsmuseum.ax/en/thewaveinthemind/ The Wave In the Mind by artist duo Fusco and Fält continues their work that combines computation, analogue and digital technology, with traditional drawing and printing techniques. They have been exploring the physical and expressive properties of the water surface and sand, and in their latest installation. In The Wave in the Mind, they are encountering storms from different perspectives. Modern sensor technology provided measured data for the simulation of a storm from 2004, while subjective accounts of the sea state found in ship journals provided means for a speculative reconstruction of a storm from ‘34. The dark figures hovering in the space are covered with marks of water movement, but they are more subtle and silent than gigantic waves. The exhibition’s soundscape is composed of drawing sounds on different materials and human voices. These embodied attempts to follow and entrain with the waves use our sensuous bodies, instead of reductively measuring and calculating natural phenomena. Roberto Fusco, b. 1980, is a media artist based in Helsinki. At the intersection of physical and computational processes, his artistic research explores how observation becomes a form of participation in environmental phenomena, with a specific focus on the Baltic Sea’s ecological transformations. Through custom sensor development, data materialization and simulation, he creates feedback systems between human bodies and marine environments that transform invisible ecological processes into tangible experiences. By combining material and digital elements, Fusco navigates between scientific, objective depictions of phenomena and subjective, felt experiences, revealing the ongoing negotiation with technology while underscoring the complexity and unpredictability of the material world beyond what is computable. Emma Vilina Fält, b.1983 is a multidisciplinary artist working with live arts, drawing, performing arts, and participatory practices. Their relationship with water has developed in Lake Nerkoonjärvi, Northern Savonia and deepened in the Northern Bothnian Sea and the Arctic Ocean, where a lot of their artistic processes originated. “The best thing about natural waters is their nature, scents and soundscapes they create. Being in contact with water, diving in, reinforces the feeling of how everything is connected. It makes one wonder how to determine the boundaries of our bodies, if that is even possible.” With the input of the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Åland Maritime Museum. With the support of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and Finnish Cultural Foundation SKR. https://www.robertofusco.net/ https://emmafalt.net/ Hope to see you there! All the best, Roberto and Emma https://vimeo.com/robertofusco |
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