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 In my work, the digital camera has gradually been replaced by a 3D scanner.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
Materials: 2D printed digital photo wallpaper
Size: H 2000 x W 3000 X D 20 mm
Still life
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl
Size: H 520 x W 700 mm x D 20 mm
Flower Arrangement
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl
Size: H 470 x W 650 mm x D 20 mm
Sitting Man
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on Silisec under acryl
Size: H 520 x W 700 mm x D 20 mm
Triumphal Arch
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 500 x W 700 mm x D 20 mm
Green Wall
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 520 x W 720 mm x D 20 mm
Stream
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 750 x W 750 mm x D 20 mm
Yellow Room
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm x D 20 mm
Stairs
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm x D 20 mm
Materials: 2d printed digital photo on silisec under acryl
Size: H 750 x W 1000 mm x D 20 mm
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.