Volume

Volume

2022 Gallery Sculptor Helsinki, Finland Volume is an exploration of a world where the border between real and imagined is blurred. Throughout the works, Aho considers mundane and familiar materials from the urban environment combining…

Lines (Galway)

Lines (Galway)

2022 LED Neon lights, daylight sensors, programmed Raspberry Pi with real-time tidal data from Marine Institute, steel armour, solar PV system. A collaboration with Pekka Niittyvirta Lines of light show the future sea level rise…

Sediments of Time

Sediments of Time

2022 Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), concrete, repurposed bricks from an old local brick factory, light15m x 15m x Xm Public artwork at Kannisto roundabout, Kerava, Finland

Nervous System

Nervous System

2021 Ventilation tubes, plexiglass, LED lights, programmed Arduino, sound exciterSite-specific installation, dimensions variable Back in the day, there were wooden residential buildings in this area that housed workers, fishermen, and seamen. The buildings were demolished,…

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

2021 Painted aluminium, painted cold-rolled steel, opal acrylic, LED-lights, 24V transformers, programmed Arduino, individually addressable LED-lights, 12V transformer, painted birch ply, metal pipes Dimensions variable Paradise Lost is an installation of light sculptures that also…

Coastline Paradox

Coastline Paradox

Coastline Paradox  is an interactive online art experiment by Timo Aho and Pekka Niittyvirta. The project visualizes future sea level rise and simulates the migration caused by the climate crisis. Visit the project here: https://artsexperiments.withgoogle.com/coastline-paradox The…

Lines (Miami Beach)

Lines (Miami Beach)

2019 Materials: LED-lights, aluminium channels, stands, Arduino & timer, shipping container The work is a collaboration with Pekka Niittyvirta Lines (Miami Beach) calculates the tidal changes and activates two synchronized lines of light on the…

Ode To Temporality (Castles Made Of Sand)

Ode To Temporality (Castles Made Of Sand)

2019 Materials: sand, calium silicate, C02, time Four columns sized 35 x 35 x 150 cm, covering 100 m2 area The site-specific installation consists of five sand pillars in a cross formation. The installation depicts…

Breathe

Breathe

2018 Materials: 100% recycled black plastic, LED Neon, air blower, relay switch 6 x 4.5 x 3 m Just like an artificial ventilator, Breathe inflates and deflates steadily in 10-second cycles repeating the organ-like movement….

Plantae Spiritus Plasticus

Plantae Spiritus Plasticus

2018 Materials: 100% recycled black plastic, black duct tape, air blower, digital timer 3.5 x 5 x 1 m ‘Plantae Spiritus Plasticus’ consists of deflating inflatable sculpture and a looping ambient soundscape composed by Dutch…

Moon Studies

Moon Studies

2018 Materials: printed images of James Nasmyth’s and James Carpenter’s moon studies, wallpaper adhesive City interventions in Venice Architecture Biennale at Scottish Pavillion -HappenStance 18 Cut and collaged prints of James Nasmyth’s and James Carpenter’s…

Lines (57° 59´N, 7° 16´W)

Lines (57° 59´N, 7° 16´W)

2018 Materials: LED-Lights, aluminium channels, metal pipes, float switch The project is a collaboration with Pekka Niittyvirta An interactive site-specific light installation located at Taigh Chearsabhagh Arts Centre in North Uist, The Outer Hebrides, UK…

Dream Machine

Dream Machine

2017 Materials: MDF, plexiglass, RGB lights, smoke machine, wall painting Dimensions variable An installation in TH4Y group show at the GENERATOR Projects, Dundee in May 2017. The installation includes a colour changing light box sculpture,…

Holy Mountain

Holy Mountain

2017 Materials: reinforced concrete, 60W triphosphor circular tube light, steel lamp post, plinth 180 x 120 x 170 cm    

When Little Worlds Collide

When Little Worlds Collide

2016 Materials: Jesmonite, marble powder, wax, concrete plinth, printed images, wood, mural Dimensions variable The Hand is standing in front of a window, facing toward the last glimpse of the sun rays on a summer…

The Cross, The Ladder and The Cloud
The Cross

The Cross

2016 Materials: opaque plexiglass, colour changing LED-Lights 60 x 65 x 20 cm The Cross is a colour changing light sculpture, that holds a bold space “between”. With ambiguous reference to a broad range of…

The Cloud

The Cloud

2016 Materials: opaque plexiglass, colour changing LED lights 30 x 50 x 18 cm

Tune In

Tune In

2016 Materials: plywood, black paint, opaque plexiglass, red light, mural Dimensions variable An installation exhibited at Slim Fit group show in January 2016 at the Glasgow School of Art. The installation consists of a light…

Light Interventions

Light Interventions

2014 – present Materials: LED components, bluetack An ongoing project where statues are being re-energized by attaching LED components with cell batteries to the statue by blue tack. The project aims to open up a…