{"id":6,"date":"2018-02-01T01:59:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T23:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sakusoukka.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:08:32","slug":"scope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakusoukka.com\/en\/scope\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope (2015-2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The set of works Scope<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0consists of photo-based works, a readymade-based installations, and a video essay.<\/p>\n

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The photo-based works hung on the walls are my photographs from 2015\u20132021, which, apart from two, I have distorted with the help of rudimentary artificial intelligence tool. I have selected some areas in my photos, after which the tool I use has filled those selected areas with new pixel combinations imitating or trying to mimic the \u201creality\u201d of the photos \u2013 as if suggesting that the image in the selected area could transform into this instead of the camera\u00b4s suggestion. So that the change will fit to the image. The works embody how artificial intelligence stumbles in creating impressions that humans could consider natural. The body image expressed in the works contains a lot of strange and blatant whining. It could be described as body surrealism.<\/p>\n

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The installation of readymade objects, brings together the technical communication devices or parts of them used by modern human, as well as organic elements such as pieces of wood. Using various methods, I have manipulated the technical equipment, altering their intended functions, usually to a seemingly broken state.<\/p>\n

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The title work of the exhibition is a video essay titled\u00a0Scope<\/em>\u00a0(2020). It consists of programmed photographs, text, and music. At the beginning, \u201cI\u201d and \u201cyou\u201d merge, after which the human mind seems to be in a somewhat fickle state. It flies impulsively to different countries and wanders about, surprising even itself, performing different actions and thoughts, and receiving and sending different messages.<\/p>\n

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Scope works contemplate the human mind and the reality surrounding a human in a way that raises questions about authenticity and the nature of artificial intelligence. What is real and what is not?<\/p>\n

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Script,\u00a0direction,\u00a0photography,\u00a0text\u00a0and\u00a0edit:\u00a0Saku\u00a0Soukka<\/strong>
\nMusic:\u00a0Tatu\u00a0R\u00f6nkk\u00f6<\/strong>
\nProgramming:\u00a0Matti\u00a0Hyv\u00f6nen<\/strong>
\nDuration:\u00a023\u00a0min.\u00a045\u00a0sec.<\/p>\n

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The making and presentation of the work has been supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK), Frame Contemporary Art Finland and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.<\/p>\n

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