Antti Puumalainen Minä olen kivi, minä olen puu -yhteisöteos, 2024

Reflektor brings a unique sound experience to Vuosaari, Kallahdenniemi. The work by artist Antti Puumalainen explores the connection between man and nature:

The sound installation “I am a stone, I am a tree” draws its content largely from the human voice and natural materials. The sound installation “I am a stone, I am a tree” gives the trees and stones of the forest a voice and an identity, allowing the viewer to identify with the surrounding nature. In addition to the original Finnish language, the work will be performed in a multilingual version – the phrases “I am a stone, I am a tree” can be heard in Arabic, Estonian, Russian and Somali. The work is realised with a multi-channel speaker system.

Speakers of the most spoken foreign languages in Helsinki have contributed to the work:

Ali Saad, Marina Timosh, Nada Abu, Philipp Komarov, Abdulrahmhim Mumin, Anneli Rahkema, Tiina Mälberg, Lauri Mäkelä, Sirpa Mäkelä, Riikka Puumalainen, Emilia Puumalainen, Ilona Puumalainen, Antti Puumalainen, Marjatta Puumalainen, Viljami Varis