Client: Savitaipale Schoolhouse
Location: Savitaipale, Finland
Completion date: -000
Artwork budget: $75,000
Project Team
Artist
Michele Gutlove
Design Studio GH, LLC
Other
Jeffrey M Hoover
Design Studio GH, LLC
Overview
Kuolimo
Europaeuksen Koulu (school), Savitaipale, Finland
Ten feet by ten feet by sixteen feet.
Installed August 2015.
Goals
Deep under the water, Kuolimon nieriä flit through the currents. Sunlight reaches them, molded and shuffled by clear, bright water. Waves toss shadows and reflections down into the lake and up into the air. Arctic terns soar through sun-dappled wind, swooping down over the water to catch glimmering glimpses of the vibrant world beneath the surface of Lake Kuolimo.
Process
The community, school faculty, and facilities staff were extremely helpful in all aspects of the installation.
Additional Information
In a location where there is day-long light in parts of the year, and day-long darkness in others, the art is responsive to the extremes of lighting.