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Dreamweaver steals dreams in Venice
26/09/2024
The large glass pieces The Lady and Echo were created in Kuopio at the Essis by Lasilinkki studio. Multidisciplinary collaboration is an essential part of the works. Photo: Juhamatti Vahdersalo.
The Dreamweaver piece was exhibited in Murano at the SpazioB exhibition space. Photo: Juhamatti Vahdersalo.
Imagine you have ten seconds to shout your dreams into a glass microphone. Easy? Maybe, but when the moment arrives, the words get stuck in your throat.
The Dreamweaver piece, which debuted in Murano, captures visitors' dreams through AI. These dreams are reflected through a two-meter-tall unicorn panel. The glass unicorn fragments light into the room: red light on one side and blue on the other side of the darkened space. The reflection of the dream is not clear. It requires a true gaze to be seen.
The glass unicorn acts like a large surface filtering reality. The more we try to look, the harder it becomes. This time, filled with information and noise, suffocates us—when do we actually have time to dream? There is more to the world than just surface-level observation; it requires feeling.
Glass has always been a revealer of the invisible. A material that opens our eyes to both microscopic worlds in raindrops and to the universe beyond the stars. As a medium of art, it allows for an immaterial approach. The skill of glass is learned through touch. It reminds us that in art, as in life, the deepest meaning often arises from what we cannot see.
The AI-generated video piece reflected through the glass unicorn fragmented into the surrounding space. The technical implementation of the piece, including the AI aspects, was handled by Jarkko Takala, Tung Bui, and Ken Burridge. Photo: Juhamatti Vahdersalo.
In the Plasma Electric piece, Finnish Lapland leaf gold is combined with plasma electricity. The gold is from Kultaus Oy Snellman. Raimo and Mikko Snellman also gave a lecture on ethical leaf gold in Murano. Photo: Juhamatti Vahdersalo.
In the white room stands The Lady, which changes color depending on the viewer's angle. As we walk around her, she doesn't change—only our perspective shifts. It's rare to challenge our own prejudices and see others as separate from ourselves. At the same time, the piece invites touch. The two-meter surface is filled with grooves and shapes.
The works explore the relationship between humanity and technology, existing at the boundary between the visible and the invisible. Glass has always been one of the key technologies revealing the unseen, but what is our responsibility in this time when artificial intelligence is already part of everyday life? Who curates our dreams, and who truly owns them? And what about the future: do we have the right to the privacy of our dreams?
The Lady piece changes color based on light and the viewer's perspective. It serves as a metaphor for how we always see each other through the lens of our own backgrounds. Photo: Juhamatti Vahdersalo.
Thank you our amazin partners for all the support:
Berengo Studio, Aalto Yliopisto, Essis by Lasilinkki, Kultaus Oy Snellman, The Venice Glass Week, Skyline Legal