šššš¤, šššš¤, šššš¤ is currently showing at MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre as part of @e75artbus exhibition @oulu2026official
11 April - 17 May 2026
MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Finland
šššš¤, šššš¤, šššš¤ by visual artist and vocalist Tianjun Li is an ongoing multi-channel video-sound project built upon wordless vocal performances spanning diverse geographies and timelines.
Operating within a contemporary climate of sociopolitical fracture and collective aphasia, the work attempts to unearth connections that bypass language and ideology entirely. Li embeds themself in site-specific locations from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean to initiate raw vocal dialogues with the immediate acoustic environment, and are continuously distributed across social media ecosystems, permeating digital firewalls. As these temporally and spatially scattered sonic events accumulate, they begin to respond to one another, gradually layering into a polyphonic choir driven by the primal intensity and the evolving landscapes.
Calling the birds on stage
A performance excerpt from Aalto Media Lab, from my ongoing project Free as Birds, which explores AI-generated interpretations of migratory bird songs with human vocal experimentation.
#soundart #vocal #experimentalmusic
Completed my Sunrise Concerts Series at the breathtaking seaside ARANYA Hall, from the stillness of dawn to the first light of sunrise shimmering over the water.
Grateful to the audience, the team, the birds, the waves, and the light that slowly emerged from the horizon. Costume design @zola_yuzhuowang
Voice, voice, voice and the birds!
Performed at Formaat Gallery, Slovakia, as part of the E75 Art Bus Project and European Cultural Capital 2026.
Photos by Jana Gombikova and Martin Mojzis.
Thank you Arts Promotion Centre Finland @taikegram for supporting my work.
An evolving polyphonic installation. 18 voices from 18 sites, stretching from the Arctic to the Mediterranean.
Echo, Echo, Echo is currently showing at MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre until May 17, 2026, as part of E75 Art Exhibition, Oulu 2026 European Capital of Culture.
Performed in two countries within two days. The tour across Europe continuesā¦
Thank you, Contemporary Art Centre Skopjeās Mobile Gallery and Suluv Galerija
@e75artbus@oulu2026official@muu_helsinki
Itās been a year since I collaborated with local children in Crete, creating the project āCloudcuckoolandā to reimagine the utopian city built by birds above the clouds, originally from The Birds by Aristophanes. And Iām grateful to be back again, bringing it back to the walls here in Greece.
For the next 4 weeks, Iāll be taking a bus from the Mediterranean all the way to the Arctic Ocean, with E75 Art Bus project by MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Kaltio, and the European Capital of Culture Oulu 2026.
Picture 6 taken by @sjorshoogerdijk@muu_helsinki@kaltiolehti@oulu2026official@e75artbus@metaxoto_
Performed with my 6-channel video and sound installation Echo, Echo, Echo in MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre. The performance was live-streamed.
This evolving installation, featured in the E75 Art Exhibition, is on view until the 17th of May, @muu_helsinki@oulu2026official@e75artbus@kaltiolehti
Artist talk and performanceĀ by Tianjun
With the support from the Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation and NAPA, theĀ Chinese/Finnish artist Tianjun Li isĀ giving an artist talk at NAPA's presentation room, Pink Room, in Katuaq, in relation to theirĀ new site-responsive work in Greenland.Ā
In this artist talk, Tianjun will outline their overarching methodology and their ongoing explorations of the human voice and imagination as an embodied archive. They will share insights into their recent work-in-progress developed during their time in Greenland, examining how sound and image can function as a connective tissue in fragile ecological and social climates. The presentation containing artist talk, work screening and will be accompanied by a short live vocal performance, demonstrating their approach to acoustic resonance and cross-species translation.
Please join us on Thursday the 16th at 19.00 in NAPA's Pink Room in Katuaq.
Duration of the presentation will be 1 hour.Ā
Know more about Tianjun Li here: @timjunelee &Ā timjune.com
I had the incredible honor to close out this yearās Arctic Sounds Festival. Spending a week in Sisimiut, immersed in the landscape and being among a group of wonderful people was an experience I will never forget.
Thank you to the festival team, NAPA @napa_greenland and the Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation for the support. Also, a special thanks to Aqqalunnguaq Hellmann, Aviaaja Faurschou SkƦrlund, and friends for sharing the performance footage.
Still feels surreal to be here. Excited to perform at Arctic Sounds Festival and develop new works here.
Co-supported by Nordic Institute of Greenland @napa_greenland and the Finnish-Danish Cultural Foundation @finindk@hanaholmen.kulttuurikeskus
