The installation departs from the fact that intercontinental communication relies heavily on the submarine fiber-optic cables. This network carries threads of light as thin as one tenth of a human hair while being as existential to technological societies as the sun is for the plants. The Wardian cases act as miniature ecosystems and also as islands in this network between things. Once connected, they become objects of interest to automated processes, robots whose acts of communication, once passed the floors of oceans, are lit back into our environment as bursts of growth light, giving them an agenda they are unaware of.
This work was realised within the framework of a European Media Art Platform residency program at WRO, co-funded by the European Union. This presentation was co-funded by NeMe.
Taavi Suisalu has recorded volcanoes and malfunctioning satellites, composed for lawnmowers, blended living and digital ecosystems, explored datafictions and discrepancies between digital immigrants and natives. In 2014, he received the Young Estonian Artist Prize for curating a distributed exhibition throughout non-existent villages of Southern Estonia. In 2017, his work Distant Self-Portrait was awarded 2nd prize in Riga Photography Biennial Awards. In 2018, he was one of the selected artists to participate in the European Media Art Platform. In 2022, Suisalu was awarded a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.
His work has been shown at Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia and KUMU in Tallinn, Riga Photography Biennale and RIXC festival in Riga Art Space and Latvian National Museum of Art in Latvia, Le Lieu Unique in France, Impakt in Netherlands, European Central Bank in Frankfurt, BOZAR and European Parliament in Brussels, gallery Triumph in Moscow, gallery Horseandpony Fine Arts and Weisser Elefant in Berlin, WRO Media Art Biennale in Four Domes Pavilion in Poland, Touch me festival in Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Croatia, Helsinki Art Museum in Finland, Sapporo International Art Festival in Japan and in many venues and festivals in Estonia.
Website
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The installation departs from the fact that intercontinental communication relies heavily on the submarine fiber-optic cables. This network carries threads of light as thin as one tenth of a human hair while being as existential to technological societies as the sun is for the plants. The Wardian cases act as miniature ecosystems and also as islands in this network between things. Once connected, they become objects of interest to automated processes, robots whose acts of communication, once passed the floors of oceans, are lit back into our environment as bursts of growth light, giving them an agenda they are unaware of.
This work was realised within the framework of a European Media Art Platform residency program at WRO, co-funded by the European Union. This presentation was co-funded by NeMe.
Taavi Suisalu has recorded volcanoes and malfunctioning satellites, composed for lawnmowers, blended living and digital ecosystems, explored datafictions and discrepancies between digital immigrants and natives. In 2014, he received the Young Estonian Artist Prize for curating a distributed exhibition throughout non-existent villages of Southern Estonia. In 2017, his work Distant Self-Portrait was awarded 2nd prize in Riga Photography Biennial Awards. In 2018, he was one of the selected artists to participate in the European Media Art Platform. In 2022, Suisalu was awarded a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York.
His work has been shown at Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia and KUMU in Tallinn, Riga Photography Biennale and RIXC festival in Riga Art Space and Latvian National Museum of Art in Latvia, Le Lieu Unique in France, Impakt in Netherlands, European Central Bank in Frankfurt, BOZAR and European Parliament in Brussels, gallery Triumph in Moscow, gallery Horseandpony Fine Arts and Weisser Elefant in Berlin, WRO Media Art Biennale in Four Domes Pavilion in Poland, Touch me festival in Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in Croatia, Helsinki Art Museum in Finland, Sapporo International Art Festival in Japan and in many venues and festivals in Estonia.
Website
taavisuisalu.xyz/@
