DanTommi

Category: Work

Sculptor of resonance, space, and presence
I create shifting environments where form emerges through sound, perception, and real-time processes.

  • Unesta kaiku, 1998

    Unesta kaiku, 1998

    Spatial sound installation · sculpture · digitally composed stereo sound.

    A sculptural figure is positioned between two large loudspeakers facing one another across the space. The soundtrack consists of the voices of a woman and a man producing intense, animal-like screams and vocal sounds.

    The sound was digitally created and mixed specifically for stereo. Different material in the left and right channels creates movement between the two speakers, making the voices appear to travel, collide and shift across the space above and around the figure. The loudspeakers therefore function not only as playback equipment but as physical elements defining the acoustic and sculptural space of the installation.

    The contrast between the static figure and the visceral sound creates a psychologically charged space in which the source and location of the voices remain unstable.

    LISTEN — ORIGINAL STEREO MIX, 1998
    Contains intense human screaming. Please lower your volume before playing. Headphones recommended for the stereo spatial effect.

    • Exhibition: Rosolli – Finnish Artists’ 103rd Exhibition
    • Venue: Kerava Art Museum / Klondyke House, Finland
    • Year: 1998

  • Mother Earth 1997

    Mother Earth 1997

    I created this installation for the 195th anniversary exhibition celebrating the birth of Elias Lönnrot, compiler of the Finnish epic Kalevala.

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  • Megaliitti 1995-1996

    Megaliitti 1995-1996

    In 1996, I graduated with a Master of Fine Art (MFA). My final degree project took the form of a public monument conceived as a reflection on infinity.
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  • The Scar 1995

    The Scar 1995

    This sculpture was made as a commission for the town of Helsinki for one summer, located in the Sinebrychoff park.

     

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  • Birch alle 1994

    Birch alle 1994

    Birch Allé was a commissioned work created for the annual Naisten Kymppi, Finland’s largest sporting event for women, bringing together approximately 18,500 runners, joggers, and walkers of all ages in Helsinki each spring.

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  • ConsensusCelsiusMinus 1991

    ConsensusCelsiusMinus 1991

    In 1991, I made a work addressing the refusal of the Nordic countries to immediately recognize the independence of the Baltic states following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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  • Kerro kerro…, 1990

    Kerro kerro…, 1990

    In 1990, I participated in the Lahti AV Biennale in Finland with Kerro kerro…. The title draws on the Finnish version of the familiar “Mirror, mirror…” phrase, using kerro — “tell” — to invoke the mirror as something asked to reveal or foretell.

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