Pairs
Kastelli Community Centre, Oulu
2014
Custom-built RGB LED projectors with programmed controllers, steel frames, glass, black Molton fabric
Forty pairs of projected spots of light of varying sizes are sited in unexpected places around the community
centre, which combines a day-care centre, primary and secondary school, senior high school and various sports
facilities. The projectors are concealed in a space above the ceiling, behind a glass plate that replaces one
of the ceiling panels. The colour of the projected spots of light changes gradually and almost imperceptibly,
ranging through the whole spectrum and, occasionally, one of the spots briefly vanishes. The idea is to
challenge the traditional idea of a public artwork as a monument, by spreading it around the entire building
complex. This offers building users a chance to unexpectedly discover something familiar yet different in
surprising places.