Myriagon is a polygon with ten thousand sides. Myriagon was the kaleidoscopic collaborative practice (2015–) between Ki Nurmenniemi (curator, researcher, writer) and Tuomas A. Laitinen (artist, musician). Fusing together sonic, sculptural, and written elements, Myriagon created performances, installations, and publications. Myriagon’s art has been exhibited in Japan, South Korea, and Finland, and their audio play on the effects of noise pollution on underwater communications, titled Atonal Atoll (2019) is featured in the TBA21’s Ocean Archive.

Myriagon investigated how language shapes worlds and ponders upon its diverse material aspects and multispecies expressions. Our writing can be found in SCB Journal: Ecologies Lost, Found, and Continued and in ARK – Finnish Architectural Review.

Myriagon undertook a two-month residency at TOKAS, Tokyo Arts and Space, in September–November 2022. In Tokyo, Tuomas and Ki listened to the city and attuned to the ever-morphing relations between its myriad life forms. At the TOKAS open studio event, held on Nov 11th–13th, they presented an ultrasonic audio piece based on recordings made during the residency, accompanied by prints of performance scores and poetry, a glass vessel, and a video work.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Juha Huuskonen.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Saerom Suh.

Myriagon 1: Word Worlds, at Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018. SeMa Seoul Museum of Art. With Ara Ahn and the Gallery Factory 2 Collective. September 2018. Photo: Saerom Suh.