In the third iteration of Pekka Niittyvirta’s exhibition trilogy, photographic works and interactive sculptures form an installation-like body. Sculptures in the exhibition combine the temporality and documentary quality of the photograph, alongside the commercial and institutional framework and aesthetics of the fluorescent tubes.
Category Archive: Installations
Interactive site-specific light installation, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Monsters, Dark Mills and Angels II is the second part of a trilogy. It consists of a photographs, videos, sculptures and digitally produced images.
Interactive site specific light installation located at Outer Hebrides interacts with the rising tidal changes; activating on high tide. The work provides a visual reference of future sea level rise.
Immersive environmental installation realised by applying photo luminescent pigments on stones.
Action that involves young men and a tree in a nonsensical expenditure of effort. The image recalls, ironically, the labour scene of the paintings in socialist realism style where people used to be portrayed during their daily working activities.
Location based installation, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Year: 2014
Size: Life size
Tech: Light absorbing/emitting pigment, motion detector, flash lights, clothing, helmet, steel
Soil, Programmed LED lights
Size: 815 x 250 x 145 cm
Year: 2013
Sound installation playing Finnish Parliament plenary session #65 6.6.2013
Duration: 04:52:01 loop
Size: 450 cm x 68 cm x 68 cm
Year: 2013