Quantum Jungle

Quantum Jungle is an interactive installation that revolves around tactile playfulness, immediate response, and scientific accuracy: My installations invite human touch and respond with playful, vivid and physical reactions, while at the same time effortlessly visualising an important scientific facet of our lives:

Playful, because we have to take things serious in too many aspects of our lives, and I feel art can (and should be!) the antidote: an exciting game, a fun surprise, a delightful make-belief.

Vivid, because I love color, light and motion. Fluid animations and high framerates, paired with immediate response to input are goals I set myself when building my installations. Much like in video games, this 'juiciness' is the secret sauce that makes interactions impactful, fun and memorable.

Physical, because too many of our daily interactions are practically virtual - be it on featureless touch screens or with VR surfaces that offer no resistance. I advocate physical tactile feedback, forceful reactions and noisy oscillations.

My medium of choice in my current works reflects all of these: metal springs that wobble, dance, and push back against touch, which is measured with precise sensors and visualized in bright and fluid colors on large LED arrangements that defy common grid structures. I have worked with springs and vibration over the last 8 years and continue working my findings into the hardware that makes up my art.

The scientific aspect is woven into all of these interactive features. Through a collaboration with quantum scientists from Universities in Finland and Italy, we've created an engaging art piece that visualises quantum physics in a fun and approachable way.