Nervous System

2021

Ventilation tubes, plexiglass, LED lights, programmed Arduino, sound exciter
Site-specific installation, dimensions variable

Back in the day, there were wooden residential buildings in this area that housed workers, fishermen, and seamen. The buildings were demolished, and the first section of the Cable Factory was constructed in their place in 1919. The manufacture of light bulbs began at the beginning of World War II. Later, the building was turned into the first modern industrial building in Finland, where Nokia made the decision to diversify their business into electronics. At present, the building hosts people and organizations from the creative sectors.

The energy that flows through the building has seen everything long before people occupied the place. The dream of infinite economic growth has featured strongly in the history of the Maritime Block, defining the place and its activities. Even today, we are witnessing this growth, the endless soaring?