Echoes in the Interface
Title of the artwork: Echoes in the Interface
Year of completion: 2024
Size: 94cm x 162cm x 5cm
Material: Wool from Finnish sheep dyed with natural colors, biodynamically produced wool, GOTS-certified organic cotton, linen, wool felt, wood
Technique: Fabric weaving
Hanging: The artwork is stretched on a wooden frame. It can be hung like a regular painting. There are two metal hanging loops in the upper part of the back of the piece.
How do we find our bearings in a world where inherited traditions intersect with an accelerating digital reality?
The work examines the processes of perception and understanding through making by hand. Physical material encounters machine intelligence — an agent that lacks human senses, yet increasingly shapes how we comprehend the world. The piece situates itself in the threshold between cultural sediment and technological transformation.
The fragile memory of those living with dementia and the boundless imagination of a child both reveal a reality where rules dissolve and meanings are reconfigured. This human experience parallels digital “noise”: the flood of information and perpetual change that demands new forms of sensitivity and navigation.
The work invites the viewer to pause and ask: what endures within us when the surrounding world becomes ever more synthetic?
I have handwoven the piece myself using sheep wool and GOTS-certified organic cotton. The artwork is completely free of plastic. The piece includes integrated elements that improve acoustics and have received absorption class B in indicative testing (ISO 354:2003, EN ISO 11654:1997).
