night watch
Installation, approx. 3:30 min
2023/2024
Technical consultation and programming with Juho Eerola.
Perfume lamps, custom-made shelves, extension cables, DMX light system.
The installation consists of owl-shaped perfume lamps, which were used as a warning signal in gay bars in the Netherlands from the 1920s untill the 60s. Turning on the owl-lamps was a known code in the community to make the customers aware of strangers or police entering the bars. In the installation, the owl lamps turn on gradually one by one and change the space from darkness to a dim glow. Towards the end of the cycle, the owl lamps synchronise in a morse code carrying a hidden message.
Photo: Vegard Kleven for NBK, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen, from Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo (the Autumn Exhibition 2024 at the Artists' House).
Photo: Jussi Tiainen, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Jussi Tiainen, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Jussi Tiainen, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Jussi Tiainen, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Jussi Tiainen, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Vinayak Suresh, from the solo exhibition Night Watch at Kohta taidehalli (Kunsthalle), 2025.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the solo exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway. 2024
Photo: Youngjae Lih, from the exhibition "red light blue night watch" in 2023.
Photo: Youngjae Lih, from the exhibition "red light blue night watch" in 2023.
Photo: Loc Vo, from the exhibition "red light blue night watch" in 2023.