Anne Roininen: Light Art Installation
Light art installations in apartment buildings set up in homes, the residents as makers and collaborators. Each artwork is separately named in situ. Site-specific, socially engaged light art.
Artist comes to knock on peoples' doors to ask if they want to take part in building a light art installation in their house. Then they set a meeting to bring the lights and make plan on how to light up their home. Every participant turns on their lights at the same time to exhibit the communal light installation. The residents get to take part in the artistic process while being the makers as well as part of the audience. While changing the cityscape, the artwork brings the residents and their neighbours together in a shared moment.
Visual artist, MFA in Time and Space, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, b.1981, Lives in Helsinki, Finland
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Artwork finished in:
2012
Which kind of light sources and what other materials and equipment are used? Led lights, colour filters, sometimes extension cords.
Please provide the dimensions of the work. Approximate size will do. Please mention if the work can be adjusted. (width-height-depth): Size of a building.
Electricity consumption: Standard mains current (10A/16A).
Does the artwork use sound? No sound.
Support and other structures: The work includes all the necessary structures.
Please state which structures, hardware or other equipment is needed from the client: Led lights and colour filters, if not used the ones that artist can bring, an assistant / local artists to collaborate.
Minimum height of the space: --
Minimum square meters of the space: --
Requirements for the space: darkness, temperature, colouring (light / dark / specific colour / other) etc.: Disturbing street lights next to the building would be good to close.
Building time and people required (estimate): Minimum 2 weeks time for visiting / meeting the residents (depending on the size of the building).
Artist's presence: Artist or their representative must be present during building.
Seen before at: Pori (2012, 2013, 2014), Oulu (2014), Jyväskylä (2015), Seinäjoki ja Lahti (2016), Espoo (in five different locations 2017), Lahti (2016), Art Prospekt / St. Petersburg, RU (2018), Rauma (2020), Vantaa, Helsinki (2022) Turku (2023).
