Our new work, “Liquid Perception,” continues its development at Kunstmuseum Bonn as part of Freiräume (Spaces of Freedom: Between Change and Resistance), curated by Claudia Emmert and co-curated by Anna Ehrenstein.

The presentation extends Keiken’s research into non-verbal communication, interspecies intelligence and embodied forms of knowing.

This Autumn, we open our first major exhibition in a UK public gallery, curated by Katharine Welsh at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.

“Seeds, Stones, and Future Bones” brings together “Morphogenic Angels: Chapter 1” and a new iteration of “The Divine Puppeteer,” including a newly commissioned sound work following a Morphogenic Angel suspended between lives. Flicking through a catalogue of possible bodies, they choose which memories to carry into their next life – while worrying they might return as a snail.

Now permanently located in Kalasatamanpuisto, in Helsinki, “Ángel Yōkai Atā” (Angel Spirit House) is a temple-like structure, protecting a soft soundscape within.

3D-printed beings are visible from the windows, reminiscent of spirits, game avatars or temple offerings. The installation serves as a portal or an entrance into an alternate reality: a world of imagined angels and spirits.

The title of the piece combines Spanish, English, Japanese and Téenek – the language of the native Huastec people of Mexico: ángel/angel in English/Spanish; the Japanese word yōkai, meaning spirit; and the Téenek word atā, meaning house.

The work belongs to the City of Helsinki’s art collection, which is managed and curated by HAM.

After a year of research and experimentation, “Liquid Perception” meets an audience for the first time as part of Somerset House Studios’ 10-year anniversary programme, 3 Evenings.

“Liquid Perception” is a participatory, interactive installation exploring communication beyond language. Wearing Keiken’s newly developed haptic heart technology, audiences experience the work physically through their hearts, connecting with one another through vibration, sound, light and movement.

This first public prototype invites the audience into the research, helping shape how the work evolves.

This autumn, “Morphogenic Angels: Chapter 1” travels to the twelfth edition of BredaPhoto Festival as part of the exhibition Our Songs Came Through.

Alongside the exhibition, Keiken will lead an embodied world-building workshop for festival visitors.