Äänimuseo [Sound Museum] is an interactive sound installation that was created for the Koukkuniemi Home for the Elderly in spring 2011. It is a tool that allows the people living in Koukkuniemi to reminisce and share their memories with the help of auditory and haptic cues.
All photographs on this page are by Antti Sompinmäki
There are different kinds of objects laid out on the table and each object has its corresponding sound. The sound starts playing when the object is placed on the elevated area in the middle of the table. More complex soundscapes can be created by placing multiple objects on the table at the same time. The objects and their sounds are divided into four different categories: Tampere, nature, work and leisure.
Video of the table on YLE Areena
More information about the project (in Finnish).
The team working on the project:
- Production: Rupriikki Media Museum (as a part of the Kulttuurikaari project)
- Producer & Designer: Niklas Nylund
- Programming & Interaction Design: Matti Niinimäki
- Sound Design: Mikko Koskinen
- Models: Lauri Karskela