satu-minna

The Passage sculptures

I have been completing The Passage sculptures since 2014 with 3D modeling and 3D printing. My starting points have been silhouettes of human figure and relationships between people. Human silhouettes (child, woman, man, elderly, lying human or skeleton) are 3D modeled to sculptural forms. Silhouettes change for each other and outlines of sculptures are being formed. I have been trying to capture movement to static sculpture objects. For me movement refers to activity, activism, performance and passage of time.

Passage ( or Father to Son)

Year: 2016

Materials: Aluminum and gun spray painting

Size: H 800 x D 900 x W 350 mm

Satu-Minna Suorajärvi, 3d printed sculpture

I was inspired by Marcel Duchamp's 1912 painting Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. The painting combines elements of both Cubist and Futurist movements. In the composition, Duchamp depicts motion by successive superimposed images, similar to stroboscopic motion photography. Duchamp also recognized influence of stop-motion photography by Étienne-Jules Marey. Particularly important for me was Muybridge's Woman Walking Downstairs from his 1887 picture series published as The Human Figure in Motion. I wanted to capture movement to a static object.

In my The Father to Son sculpture human silhouettes (my husband and son) are joined together to capture movement and time in a sculpture. Silhouettes form a cavity, which refers to feminine forms like tunnels. Viewer can see through the sculpture and another human figure emerges to the other end of the sculpture.

The Father to Son sculpture was 3D modeled using sine waves by parametric 3D modeling. 3D models were 3D printed to PLA (polylactic acid) which is sustainable bioplastic made from cornstarch. PLA parts were cast to aluminum and welded together. Polished sculpture was gun spray painted.

Glossy surface emits light and refers to the enlightenment and rationale in humanities. The shady cavity gives space for mystery and creation.

Abyss

Year: 2014

Materials: Aluminum and gun spray painting

Size: H 1000 x D 1000 x W 1000 mm

Collection: Wihuri Foundation

In the Abyss sculpture a human figure is crushed through the black hole. The human figure in a abyss is simulating Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of Vitruvian Man. Leonardo's picture represents a cornerstone in attempts to relate man to nature. During the Renaissance it was believed that the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe. In my Abyss sculpture man disappears into an unprecedented darkness.

Vortex

Year: 2018

Materials: 3D printed to sustainable bioplastic PLA and car spray painting

Size: H 980 x D 930 x W 600 mm

Parkour AR sculpture

Year: 2018

Materials: 3D printed PLA and gun spray painting

Size: H 800x D 300xW 500 mm

Place: Töölön Kisahalli, Helsinki

Parkour is AR (Augmented reality) sculpture. Parkour sculpture is 3D modeled and 3D printed to PLA and spray painted. AR part of the art work can be seen by mobile Arilyn application. AR part is bigger 3D modeled loop of Parkour sculpture.

Collaboration with Kunstventures, Art Cache Helsinki and Arilyn.

Funding by Kone Foundation.

More info visit: http://artcache.fi/wp/project/satuminna/