The Environmental Audiotour (ENG)

The 2nd Helsinki Biennial launches on 11th of June. Aarhus University's Critical Environmental Data research group was tasked to write an Environmental Audiotour that narrates the city as energy, as sensing, as multiple histories and imagined futures. We feature the 2nd episode of the tour that features the ruins of an old weather station on the island of Vallisaari, a key curatorial site of the Biennial too.

11. Juni 2023

Læs på dansk: The Environmental Audiotour

Imagine immersing yourself in environmental data as you discover the intricate architectures of environmental sensing that surround us. The Environmental Audiotour presents Helsinki and Vallisaari in the form of environmental data. The narrating voice takes us through different spaces and sites of the past and future: real and imagined stories unfold in unison with elemental forces in the urban environment, from water to air and from land to fire. The narrator draws our attention to the transforming energy and ecological landscapes as we move through different »islands« in the city.

Written by Jussi Parikka, Paolo Patelli and May Ee Wong, The Environmental Audiotour consists of six audio stories that can be experienced in the South Harbour near the Lyypekinlaituri, in Vallisaari at the ruins of the old Weather Station, in Hietalahti, in the Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden and in Sörnäinen near the Uniarts Academy of Fine Arts – as well as online.

CED: The Environmental Audiotour – Episode 2, The Weather Station

Listen to all episodes here

Helsinki Biennial takes place 11 June – 17 September 2023