Waterfall Tongue
USF Visningsrommet, March 2025
Waterfall Tongue was a collaboration between tinja ruusuvuori and gentian rhosa. The exhibition explored themes of grief, rage and voiceless through the act of cross-border communication by screaming into waterfalls. The artists considered the social and gendered conditions that limit loud expressions of rage and sorrow, finding allyship with the waterfall as a sonic environment charged with movement and power, where the screaming voice can find release.
The exhibition included a public screaming workshop with hardcore vocalist Oda Braanaas, where we learned to care for our throats in a long-term grief and to scream together in a sustainable way.
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Installation view, Waterfall Tongue (2025)
Six-channel sound installation with candles, found materials, and charcoal drawing on canvas and floor. Sound of waterfall, human voices through a waterfall, distant protest chants. Single-channel video projection.
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Workshop in sustainable screaming
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The exhibition in USF Visningsrommet was developed during the artist residency at USF Verftet and the studio residency at BEK - Bergen Center for Electronic Arts. Thank you Line Nord, Michalis Lavdas, Ida Helland-Hansen, BEK staff, and everyone else helping with sourcing materials and tech.
USF Visningsrommet, March 2025
Waterfall Tongue was a collaboration between tinja ruusuvuori and gentian rhosa. The exhibition explored themes of grief, rage and voiceless through the act of cross-border communication by screaming into waterfalls. The artists considered the social and gendered conditions that limit loud expressions of rage and sorrow, finding allyship with the waterfall as a sonic environment charged with movement and power, where the screaming voice can find release.
The exhibition included a public screaming workshop with hardcore vocalist Oda Braanaas, where we learned to care for our throats in a long-term grief and to scream together in a sustainable way.
Installation view, Waterfall Tongue (2025)
Six-channel sound installation with candles, found materials, and charcoal drawing on canvas and floor. Sound of waterfall, human voices through a waterfall, distant protest chants. Single-channel video projection.
Workshop in sustainable screaming
The exhibition in USF Visningsrommet was developed during the artist residency at USF Verftet and the studio residency at BEK - Bergen Center for Electronic Arts. Thank you Line Nord, Michalis Lavdas, Ida Helland-Hansen, BEK staff, and everyone else helping with sourcing materials and tech.