Troping Turner. Towards Prpl. Vlvt. Installation, mixed media

Part of group Exhibition: “Sustainability Revolutions”. Dipoli, Aalto University, Otaniemi Campus, Espoo – May 18 – June 8, 2018

Troping Turner. Towards Prpl. Vlvt. is an installation that consists of a glass display cabinet, filled with local soil and a monitor in a dark rectangular space. The cabinet contains stacked natural dye colored solar cells that are mounted on top of a LED light box and filtered by the UV version of a JMW Turner painting: “Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth”. The graphic glass solar cells are framed by a fungi and this piece was topped of with a a drop of Aronia m. Babe ink. The 15inch monitor shows a photo of a fox head, found at the Aronia m. Babe plantation.

This work evolved during ongoing artistic research “Prpl Vlvt” that investigates the transmitting of the historical, energetic relationality between a berryapple and a “classic painting” from a human “art master”.

The core of the research focusses on the creation of pigments from Aronia m. Babe and its microbial symbionts that can generate electrical energy in a solar panel design, mimicking a JMW Turner painting.

“Sustainability Revolutions Exhibition” is curated by Sustainability Hub with Dr. Riikka Mäkikoskela (visual artist) and Dr. Taneli Tuovinen (Lecturer, Department of Art, Aalto ARTS).