Mikko Maasalo (FI): Condenser

A piece employing sound and light about the communication between a building and its surroundings. The idea of Condenser was to use such elements as exist on location that highlight essential features of the location and its function. Of the various elements of the piece, only the switching on and off of the condenser, which is a part of the cooling system, can alter the output of the piece. Events that take place inside the building and are so invisible to the audience affect the mechanism directly which, on the one hand, attempts to minimise changes andon the other actually causes them in its environment.

Mikko Maasalo has produced works using light, sound and video in various contexts ever since 1991.