I meet Roberto Fusco in HAA Gallery, on the old military island Suomenlinna close to Helsinki, to talk about his and Emma Fält's multimedia installation in the group exhibition Sweet Water, Rough Water. Roberto explains how he has translated numeric data of waves in the ocean into computer animations, and then laser-engraved selected stills onto paper. We talk about the serenity of storms, the poetics of meteorology, and capturing a secret moment in time and making it last forever for everyone to see. We discuss how artists and scientists can work with the same material with each their objectives and procedures, how different premises affect the process, and what it means to take creative license when the raw data is insufficient. We also talk about remote collaboration, and how precious it can be to find yourself in a well-functioning artist duo.
This episode contains samples of the original installation-sound by Roberto, which I have composed for the intro part of this episode.
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