Northern Shadows

Project duration: May - November 2017
My role: Concept and Development
Funded by: Aalto University
In collaboration with : Eero Tiainen (Concept and Development), Laura Book (Documentation)
Links: Website

Northern Shadows is a spatial symphony for a dark room, a water pool, a projector, motion-tracker Kinect and one or two participants. The actions and shadows of the participant compose an interactive light painting. Diffractions visualise something that usually stays hidden. Layers of spaces come together with never-ending movement of the water combined with calm imagery of shores. Water is a combining element between Finland and Goa, analogue and digital, visible and tactile and presence and memory.

Video eraser

Project duration: April 18-22 2016
My role: Concept and developer

Have you ever been a part of an embarrasing video that you wanted to removed yourself from? You can now do that with the new Video Eraser app! Video Eraser was created as a concept during the Multitouch interaction course at Aalto University.

Geosmin synthesis

Project duration: May - Dec 2009
My role: Merging art and science to design geosmin
In collaboration with : Srishti School of Art and Design, National College for Biological Sciences

Summer of 2009, I signed up for a course on synthetic biology in order to examine the ethical issues related to it. A few other students from Srishti School of Art and Design decided to participate in IGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) 2009 in collaboration with NCBS (National College for Biological Sciences). Through experimentation with gene splicing at NCBS, our group synthesised geosmin and use it as a perfume. Geosmin is a compound present in soil responsible for the earthly smell of rain in tropical regions. Through this process, we dealt with ethical issues related to genetic engineering. This course was a tremendous learning process and it helped us understand and bridge certain gaps between art and science.