Solarsisu
Solarsisu
Operational description
Solarsisu is a music instrument that operates on the same principles as a Theremin. The instrument consists of mini solar panels (photovoltaic) which generate power to create sound; the device operates using ONLY sun power. The audience/participants simply play with their hands.
In colaboration with Gregoire Rousseau
Installation on display
1.05.07 Sinebrychoffpark First installation in public park in Helsinki.
12-15.07.07 Citysol Festival A clean energy art festival in New York.
4-6.08.07 Dialouges 07 Saint-Petersburg Biennale.
9.08.07 Sparkling design Taidehalli Helsinki.




Reflection.
This came to be the motor in, and the reason why the solar energy project could go on. The idea to it came when I was doing a music gig in a kindergarten in Helsinki and there using a sort of Theremin instrument. The kids in the kindergarten was amazed that the instrument was operated by just mowing my hands in the air above a little ball. Soon the kids had taken over the instrument and the gig. There I realized that this would be a perfect way of introducing solar energy to kids when they could play and have fun at the same time as they learned something.