Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This video shows impressions from the Nostalghia artwork by Jaakko Niemelä. For this project we were commissioned to simulate the destruction of a huge container ship and capture the different phases of its decay. The simulation was done with Blender.
Jakko Niemelä is a Finnish artist who has made destruction and the decomposition of structures an essential part of his art-making. During the past seven years, he traveled the oceans tracking his father´s routes who was a ship captain. Jaakko never really got to know his father and as a child often imagined the dangerous situations he might be in during his trips. With the Nostalghia project, Jaakko processes his fears and the relation to his father.
Nostalghia is shown from 14.12.2019-15.3.2020 at the Helsinki Art Museum, HAM. The installation at HAM displays a huge illuminated scaffold structure with sails that are blown by wind machines.
Also in this video, segments from the film "Lähtö - Departure" (the tree in the beginning)
Sites of the shown Nostalghia performances:
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
LUX Helsinki
Turku Art Museum, Helsinki
Opera House, Oslo
Mesén Gallery, Oslo
Kulttuurikuppila Brummi, Rauma
Credits:
Author & Producer
JAAKKO NIEMELÄ
hietanenniemela.com
Cinematography, Animation & Co-Authors
KAI KOSTACK, OLIVER WALTER
Virtual Validation Corporation
kostackstudio.de
luo-light.com
Software Development & Support
MARTIN FELKE
youtube.com/user/scorpion8182
KAI KOSTACK
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Animated and rendered in Blender
blender.org
Music
"Miserere mei, Deus"
Composed by ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Performed by RAUMA CHAMBER CHOIR
Conducted by SANNA KUUSISTO
raumankamarikuoro.fi
Kulturbyrået Mesén, Oslo
Curated by VIBEKE CHRISTENSEN
Performed by ENSEMBLE 96
Conducted by NINE KARLSEN
Video footage by SIMON M. VALENTINE
Supported by
Kone Foundation and Alfred Kordelin Foundation
koneensaatio.fi
kordelin.fi
This video shows impressions from the Nostalghia artwork by Jaakko Niemelä. For this project we were commissioned to simulate the destruction of a huge container ship and capture the different phases of its decay. The simulation was done with Blender.
Jakko Niemelä is a Finnish artist who has made destruction and the decomposition of structures an essential part of his art-making. During the past seven years, he traveled the oceans tracking his father´s routes who was a ship captain. Jaakko never really got to know his father and as a child often imagined the dangerous situations he might be in during his trips. With the Nostalghia project, Jaakko processes his fears and the relation to his father.
Nostalghia is shown from 14.12.2019-15.3.2020 at the Helsinki Art Museum, HAM. The installation at HAM displays a huge illuminated scaffold structure with sails that are blown by wind machines.
Also in this video, segments from the film "Lähtö - Departure" (the tree in the beginning)
Sites of the shown Nostalghia performances:
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
LUX Helsinki
Turku Art Museum, Helsinki
Opera House, Oslo
Mesén Gallery, Oslo
Kulttuurikuppila Brummi, Rauma
Credits:
Author & Producer
JAAKKO NIEMELÄ
hietanenniemela.com
Cinematography, Animation & Co-Authors
KAI KOSTACK, OLIVER WALTER
Virtual Validation Corporation
kostackstudio.de
luo-light.com
Software Development & Support
MARTIN FELKE
youtube.com/user/scorpion8182
KAI KOSTACK
Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Animated and rendered in Blender
blender.org
Music
"Miserere mei, Deus"
Composed by ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Performed by RAUMA CHAMBER CHOIR
Conducted by SANNA KUUSISTO
raumankamarikuoro.fi
Kulturbyrået Mesén, Oslo
Curated by VIBEKE CHRISTENSEN
Performed by ENSEMBLE 96
Conducted by NINE KARLSEN
Video footage by SIMON M. VALENTINE
Supported by
Kone Foundation and Alfred Kordelin Foundation
koneensaatio.fi
kordelin.fi
