Niko Tiainen: Iridescence
interactive generative projection
Façade of the Cankar Hall, Ljubljana// until 20 June
OPENING: Tuesday, 26 May 2026, at 9:30 p.m.

This interactive, generative video installation explores the relationship between the environment, perception and the digital transformation of space. It utilises locally collected landscape photographs and satellite imagery of the Earth’s surface, which software tools combine in real time into abstract visual compositions. The visuals are complemented by a multi-channel sound environment created from field recordings and digitally processed sounds that respond to visitors’ movements as well as other environmental data parameters. The project is named after a natural phenomenon — when the colours of an observed object change according to the angle of observation — and therefore the work itself is subject to constant transformations resulting from the live interaction between data, the environment and the audience. For the installation Iridescence, Niko Tiainen received the ‘Best in Show’ award at the Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, USA, in 2025.

NIKO TIAINEN is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist, who primarily creates interactive outdoor mapped projections, as well as video, light and sound installations. In addition to being a classically trained musician and composer, he studied graphic design and earned an MA in the New Media Design and Production at the Aalto University in Finland. In his installations, he frequently combines conceptual ideas and abstract digital materials with structures and techniques of classical music. His artworks have been featured at numerous exhibitions and art festivals around the world.

Co-production: Cankar Hall
The event is co-funded by: FinnAgora