Jenna Sutela & Martti Kalliala (FI, 1983/1980)

Residency period: January-March 2025

jennasutela.com / amnesiascanner.net

Jenna Sutela (b. 1983) is a Finnish artist based in Berlin. Her practice explores biological and computational systems, including the human microbiome and artificial neural networks. The work spans sculpture, still and moving images, sound, and text. It often takes shape in an exchange with scientists and technologists as well as non-humans. Some of Sutela’s past work connects machine learning with the more-than-human world. Most recently, her installations have gone off the grid.

Sutela has exhibited at CAC Genéve, Swiss Institute, Haus der Kunst, Castello di Rivoli, Helsinki Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Liverpool Biennial, Serpentine Galleries, Moderna Museet and Kiasma, among other places.

Also born in Finland and based in Berlin, Martti Kalliala (b. 1980) is a founding member of Amnesia Scanner, an experimental electronic music and performing arts group created together with another Finnish artist, Ville Haimala. Founded in 2014, Amnesia Scanner’s approach is informed by a unique perspective on technology and the way it mediates sound-based art practice.

Educated as an architect, Kalliala is the author of many essays on culture, technology, and design, published in Harvard Design Magazine, Kaleidoscope, Flash Art, and others. Together with American artist and writer Emily Segal, he is also the co-founder of the alternative consultancy Nemesis.

At La Becque, Sutela and Kalliala will engage in a research-driven residency, furthering their respective and common interests in generative audio techniques, linguistic experimentation and open systems.

Jenna Sutela and Martti Kalliala, La Becque, 2025, photo Aurélien Haslebacher