“Feeling around for the organism”
Soma Oneiroi
Soma Oneiroi
Since 2016, one strand of Tuomas A. Laitinen’s artistic practice has been revolving around other-than-human minds, particularly through octopuses. Based on recorded cephalopod’s brain waves, Laitinen makes a new hybrid artwork that engages with octopus dreams across a single-channel short film, an artist’s book and a music soundtrack, to investigate topics of ecology, mythologies and symbiotic coexistence.
Date: 2024-26
Producer: PALO
In cooperation with: the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Travelling Exhibition: Pioneer Works NYC (2026), Taidehalli Helsinki and Radius Delft (2027).
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