Tommi Grönlund’s and Petteri Nisunen’s work Unstable Matter (2013) is a part of Onoma’s summer exhibition Hidden – forms of the senses, in Fiskars, Finland. The Exhibition, curated by Laura Sarvilinna, is a part of Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale, and is open daily until 4 September 2022.
Unstable Matter is borrowed from the collection of the Helsinki Art Museum. In the work, tens of thousands of steel balls roll on an aluminum surface according to which direction the motored surface tilts, making a soothing, rattling sound and creating changing patterns.
Grönlund-Nisunen makes laws of nature and chance visible, a recently published article on Helsinki Design Weekly’s website, draws a fascinating picture of the two artists, their artistic practice and the 30-year-long career of working together. Read the interview here.
Image: Timo Junttila