artistic research, cymatic installation, sound live stream satelite,
songbook & sound scape
2024-26
Jakob Kukula
Jasmine Alakari
VEDEN VIRE (The Frequency of Water) is an interdisciplinary art–research project that explores water as a living, sensing, and remembering entity. Working at the intersection of sound art, ecological research, and myth, the project reimagines rivers and seas not as passive resources, but as active co-composers and carriers of cultural memory.
Developed in Finland, Berlin and Europe, VEDEN VIRE translates environmental processes into immersive sonic experiences. Using custom-built hydroacoustic sensors, underwater recordings, and spatial sound systems, the work renders subtle ecological changes, such as water flow, salinity shifts, and human impact audible and perceptible.
These signals are interwoven with runo-singing traditions, kantele textures, and contemporary composition, creating evolving soundscapes shaped by the conditions of the water itself.
At the core of the project lies a hydrofeminist reinterpretation of myth, particularly the story of Aino from the Kalevala. Her transformation into a water-being becomes a framework for sensing ecological change and rethinking relationships between humans and more-than-human worlds. Through this lens, VEDEN VIRE treats myth as a living technology for understanding and responding to environmental crisis.
The project unfolds through a performance, installation, workshops, and community-based practices.
Collaborating with scientists, local communities, and environmental initiatives, VEDEN VIRE creates spaces for collective listening, where ecological knowledge, lived experience, and artistic expression meet. These processes generate not only artworks, but also tools for ecological awareness, education, and long-term engagement.
Rather than representing environmental issues from a distance, VEDEN VIRE invites audiences into direct sensory encounters with water systems under pressure. It proposes listening as a form of care, a method of resistance, and a way of imagining more reciprocal futures between humans and the waters they depend on.
