Tiio Suorsa's project is an exploration between virtual domains and actuality. At the same time, it aims to understand the transformative states of humanity with age, roles, cultures, and genders. The exhibition consists of a video projection Protruding Cavity (2021), plants with proximity sensors and LED lights. The 3D rendered physical matter in the video appears to be searching for its form infinitely. The plants react to people's proximity and movement with slowly lit and extinguishing LEDs. The lab's purple artificial growth light is usually intended for plants only.
The purpose is to ask more than answer
Suorsa’s exhibition encourages us to reflect on how we can coexist with other people, other living creatures, and electronic machines and devices that are increasingly part of our everyday lives. Can we accept ourselves as a constantly changing beings? How do we share a proximity where not everything is predefined? Is it possible to establish mutual communication with beings who are different from us? And are we ready to listen to them?
Tiio Suorsa is a media artist working in Linz and Turku. Suorsa’s production focuses on endogenous experiences over promoted ones and strives to dismantle the structures and divisions that define our society. A process-like and research-oriented approach is an essential part of the work. Suorsa's works have been displayed at festivals and galleries, in several European countries, including Ars Electronica Festival in Austria.
The production of Protruding Cavity has been supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland. Currently, Suorsa’s artistic work is supported by the Kone Foundation.
The exhibition is open 18 March - 5 June 2022.
WAMx 2022
Institute of Coexistence is created in response to the current ecological, social, and biological crises. The aim is to reflect on and investigate alternative ways of coexistence that may create a better world. The physical and theoretical framework of the exhibition series has been created by Danish artist Gry Worre Hallberg.
The four artists in the series take their turn in the space, resonating with the existing framework. The institute is divided into two rooms: in the first one the four artists unfold their perspective on coexistence and interaction between humans and other species. In the second room they all leave behind a small presentation reflecting on the artistic research they have conducted while inhabiting the institute.
The four artists in the series were selected through an open call held in autumn 2021. The exhibitions have been chosen by curator Mikkel Elming and artist Gry Worre Hallberg, in co-operation with WAM, Turku City Art Museum. Elming is the director of the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft Glass Museum and the founder of FSK – The Association for Contemporary Art. Hallberg is the artistic director and founding member of the Sisters Hope collective.
Photo: Tiio Suorsa: Protruding Cavity. Stillphoto from the video Protruding Cavity.