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Iris Bernoulli
Iris Bernoulli

The Golden Blessing

The Golden Blessing – Golden Pomp, Sanctuary of Splendour transforms a portable toilet into an unlikely site of devotion. Wrapped in gold, it invites visitors into a space where humour, ritual and bodily necessity coexist.

Originally conceived as a silent intervention at Helsinki Lasipalatsi Square (2025), the work later evolved into an interactive sound installation for Collision Points Festival in Sweden (2026).

Visitors are invited to use the toilet as intended. As they enter, a motion sensor randomly activates one of four independent vocal compositions, giving each visit a different encounter with the work.

Mä(mmiä) / Me and Mämmi
Miniature aria for soprano
Selonteko / Report
Vocal piece based on a visual score
Valon laatuja II / Qualities of Light II
Vocal piece based on a photographic score
Valon laatuja III / Qualities of Light III
Vocal piece based on a photographic score

Materials: Portable toilet, gold foil, lighting, motion sensor, audio.

Concept, composition and installation: Iris Bernoulli
Voice: Tuuli Lindeberg
Sound design: Iris Bernoulli & Sirja Puurtinen
Technical installation: Marko Tanninen
English titles: Peikko Pitkänen

Supported by the Finnish-Swedish Cultural Fund

Kun hän kuuli lumen
hiljaa lankeavan maailmankaikkeuden läpi

As he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe (2025)

A chamber work for three singers and piano. Recorded at the Sibelius Academy Concert Hall. Quotation from The Dead by James Joyce, translated into Finnish by Pentti Saarikoski.



Composition, costumes and stage design:
Iris Bernoulli
Pianist: Anna Kuvaja
Soprano: Tuuli Lindeberg
Mezzo-soprano: Inga Sauranen
Tenor: Aarne Mansikka

Kun hän kuuli lumen hiljaa lankeavan maailmankaikkeuden lapi

Valon laatuja I–III

Qualities of Light I-III

A series of photographic scores for a singer, created for The Golden Blessing installation. (2026)

Selonteko

A score for a singer, created for The Golden Blessing installation. The score consists of non-referential text interrupted by visual distortions. (2025)

Materials: Gold paper, gold letter stickers, paint

Report

⎳

Positioned between sculpture and photograph, the work introduces a constructed geometric form within the landscape. (2026)

Materials: Hand-built styrofoam sculpture, landscape (granite, seawater, light).

Ylitse

Overflow

A photographic diptych. (2026)

Materials: Cake stand, fabric, mämmi, cream