Loss of Small Details

Solo exhibition, 2019

Kunsthalle Turku, Turku, Finland

The starting point of the exhibition The Loss of Small Details has been photographing a 100-year-old house using 3D scanning. In my work, the digital camera has gradually been replaced by a 3D scanner. I randomly started 3D scanning my relative’s old house, but my 3D scans were not very successful. The spaces and objects were only partially captured, and the 3D models were full of holes. Still, I felt that the fragmented 3D models were a good starting point for my works. I didn’t feel the need to fix the flaws. The mistakes produced by new technologies serve as a metaphor for the fragility and transience of life and memories.

Kitchen island
Year: 2019

Materials: 2D printed digital photo wallpaper

Size: H 2000 x W 3000 X D 20 mm 

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Still life
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl

Size: H 520 x W 700 mm x D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Flower Arrangement
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl

Size: H 470 x W 650 mm x D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Sitting Man
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl

Size: H 520 x W 700 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Triumphal Arch
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 500 x W 700 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Green Wall
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 520 x W 720 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Stream
Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 750 x W 750 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Yellow Room
Year: 2018

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Stairs
Year: 2018

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi
Skull and Yellow Lilies

Year: 2017

Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl

Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm D 20 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi

The Loss of Small Details, video, 4 min 28 s

Year: 2018

Video: 3D scans, 3D modeling, VR editing, animation and music by Satu-Minna Suorajärvi

From the 3D models of the old house I scanned, I have built a VR (virtual reality) world. The 3D-scanned rooms and the soundscape captured in family videos float in space like memories in the mind. The spaces, with their colors, lights, and sounds, appear and then disappear again, and nothing is permanent.