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Espoo, Finland, 1979. She works and lives in Helsinki, Finland.
Artist and a designer, Päivi Raivio, creates public artworks and projects which engage users in different ways. She is interested in creating works that have interactive and site specific elements which aim to question how we use and experience public space. She also designs and implements social experiences with environmental themes.
Website: www.paiviraivio.com
Unwind is an installation that utilizes the element of wind. It consists of simple wind harps, which form a 20 meter long corridor on an open field in Borromeo park in which visitors are invited to walk through. The wind harps produce light and unpredictable sounds depending on wind direction and strength. Unwind makes wind a more sensory experience and explores the role of the artist as an intermediator between different elements like moving air and sound. Unwind implies that the occurring capture of wind is only momentary.
