Imminence

Imminence, our solo exhibition with Ivana Franke in Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, was a direct continuation to our collaboration in Rijeka, Croatia, the year before.

We presented several new works, some made by us, some by Ivana and some collaboratively. An example of the latter was a gallery version of Imminence, originally shown in Rijeka, which invaded most of the first floor exhibition space and gave name to the whole exhibition.

Imminence, 2019

Glass tubes, plastic elbow connectors, steel wire, screws and plugs, running water, sound system
Dimensions variable

First presented at MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, 2019

Two Views

LED screen, tablet, surveillance camera application
Dimensions variable

The work plays on the physical properties of light, its transmission and perception. While the LED screen seems to produce a steady glow of white illumination, the ipad--because of the nature of its technological transformation of light waves into digital information--reproduces this sight as a pattern of white and black horizontal bars. That is, the tablet camera filming the LED panel records as horizontal “interfering” lines across the image what a human eye does not see: the intermittent waves constituting the LED light. Comparable to the horizontal lines produced when filming analogue television sets, the work uses a technological glitch to highlight the nature of light and its transformation by various technological means, as well as the limitations of human perception.

Falling Water

Glass tube, steel stand, plastic tube, adjustable pump, silicon oil, distilled water
192 x 38 x 38 cm

Falling Water consists of a vertical glass tube, one third of which is filled with distilled water and two thirds with silicone oil. The water on the bottom is pumped up by means of a small digitally controlled pump and falls down through the silicone oil as small droplets. Employing relatively simple but sophisticated means, using magnetism, electric currents, or simple gravitational forces, Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen create quietly evocative and formally striking works.

100 Years 1 and 2, 2020

Ink on paper
62,3 x 59,1 x 4 cm (framed) each, 2 parts

The pair of drawings is part of a small series of unique works that create regular looking pattern but also evoke associations with architectural plans or diagrams. The apparent uniformity is broken up my traces of the process: small dots, uneven saturation of the paper, attest to the handmade nature of these works.