Puistokatu 4

Event Introduction

Light art spreads inside and around Puistokatu 4 as part of Lux Helsinki. The Space for Science and Hope will be crowned by the artwork Hope Signal, a light pillar projected into the night sky through the attic skylight. The artwork can be seen as a kind of beacon of hope bringing light into darkness. To some, it might resemble a superhero call signal illuminating the night sky. Either way, the piece invites visitors to explore Puistokatu 4. To build a sustainable future, we need not only superheroes but all of us.

Inside Puistokatu 4’s library, Roosa Siirilä’s animated artwork Disturbance of Consciousness is projected onto a centuries-old tiled stove. The artwork, which creates a new, lively surface on the stove, explores the relationship between humans and seaweed.

Roosa Siirilä (FI)  –  Disturbance of consciousness

”In a dream I was swimming in a lake by a cottage, when suddenly the water turned green and porridge-like. In the morning I ended up reading information about blue-green algae, and what happens when you swim in it. One of the possible consequences listed was ’disturbance of consciousness’. That phrase stuck out for me and I wanted to create a representation of that somehow. While playing with different moving textures and colors, a lava aspect came to play as well. This video work combines the two dangerous (and beautiful) elements in a confusing liquidy composition and leaves the visitor perplexed with a strange feeling, perception slightly disturbed.”

Roosa Sirilä
Roosa Siirilä is an Institute of Design alumni who comes from Lapland, but currently lives in Helsinki. She loves creating mixed media art, combining different visual elements to find something new and unexpected. She is inspired by color and emotions and is particularly interested about exploring the boundaries between digital and analog art. Lately her focus has been on immersive art that combines animation and video.

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