Aine Art Museum, Tornio · 22 August – 16 November 2025 / KITA, Joutsa · 28 June – 31 August 2025 · 16–18 channels · Suomeksi
RE-VERB began with the shared breathing and whispered singing of the Sawotta Choir. The four-part whispering choir was recorded at once, each voice on its own microphone, and the soloists Kasper Omenasaari, Reetta Karhunen and Anna Voutilainen-Veijonen (saxophone) were recorded separately. Each voice was placed within a field of loudspeakers. The visitor could follow one voice, move among several, or listen from the edge.
The two installations used the same vocal material differently. At KITA, sixteen loudspeakers formed a spiral of dry, close whispers. At Aine Art Museum, a dedicated room added a black water resonator and improvised solos. One loudspeaker sent vibration into the water, making sound visible on its surface.
KITA, JOUTSA
28 June – 31 August 2025 · 16 loudspeakers
Sixteen loudspeakers formed a spiral in which each singer’s whisper emerged from its own point. The voices were heard dry and close, without solos or a water element. As visitors moved through the spiral, the balance between a single voice and the shared breath of the choir changed.
AINE ART MUSEUM, TORNIO
22 August – 16 November 2025 · 17 loudspeakers and a water resonator
The whispered choir remained dry and distinct within a dedicated room. Voice and saxophone solos passed through convolution reverb drawn from the acoustics of the Taj Mahal. A loudspeaker sent vibration into a black water resonator, making sound visible on the surface. Close voices, longer resonance and moving water offered different distances from which to listen.
The Aine Art Museum version was acquired into the museum’s collection.
CREDITS
Concept and spatial design: Jaakko Autio
Choir material: Sawotta Choir; score and saxophone: Anna Voutilainen-Veijonen
Improvised solos: Kasper Omenasaari and Reetta Karhunen
Aine installation: Aapo Suominen, Brita-Kaisa Välimaa and Jari Hannuniemi; KITA installation: Jaakko Autio and Tuomo Vuoteenoma
