Antti Tolvi
Noise and form
12 November–5 December 2021
Sound installation / composition 2021
Water, light, low frequency, wind, bed, sound, aluminum bowl
Recently I have ended up composing works that may not be at all meant to be performed (although, of course, it would be possible to perform them). For example, they may only be heard in our imagination or they may take the form of an installation. Noise and Form is a sound installation.
Noise and Form examines connections and conditions. The composition itself is like a chemical formula.
In the composition formula, the variable Å gives the composition its force and direction. The force resonates and keeps changing throughout the formula (composition). The force of this Å is the prevailing condition of the Å.
There is force in the universe, and it has formed components and then forms formed from these components. This is all very natural and can be seen everywhere. What we call self is also formed by forms (we can see the formula Å for example as self). The forms, on the other hand, are formed by the prevailing conditions (blue lines). The conditions are formed by the prevailing forces, forms and again components. And so on.
By noise, I mean something that is something without being anything that is not chained or restricted by anything. It is, in a way, extreme minimalism, going even deeper into what a minimalist has left there. Then taking it to pieces. Yet, in the end, leaving nothing out. Only leaving that freely flowing shoreless ripple.
Antti Tolvi (b. 1977, Panelia) is a sound artist and composer from Turku/Kemiönsaari. He has been one of the key figures in the Finnish underground scene since 2002. His sound installations have been widely presented around Finland. Tolvi has organized the annual Kiilan Äänipäivät sound art festival in Kemiönsaari since 2014.
The exhibition has been supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
