timbral frame

2025

Timbral frame, a wordplay between the traditional craft of timber framing and the timbre of music, is an installation-performance which explores the borders and intertwines between modified instruments and sound sculptures. The space includes a wooden speaker set-up handcrafted by musician-woodworker Jaakko Arola and a sonic sculpture created in collaboration with visual artist Elisa Sakko. In the core of the performance is Arola’s bass clarinet and its modified timbre, and the speaker setup controlled by sound artist Otso Kauniskangas. The performance includes collaborative improvisations by the whole working group, Noora Arola’s dance score and a set of solo bass clarinet compositions that are enhanced with live electronics.

Jaakko Arola – modified bass clarinet, voice
Otso Kauniskangas – live electronics
Elisa Sakko – sculpture
Noora Arola – voice, movement

Installation:
Wooden speakers: Jaakko Arola
Metal plates: Jaakko Arola & Elisa Sakko
Metal sculpture: Elisa Sakko

Concept: Jaakko Arola

23.5.2025 Black Box, Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland