Care Fall, 2026. Installation / video and animation, 4k, colour, sound, 34 min.

A mysterious figure tries to thread across an old forest carrying a precious vial without falling. A snake curls around a rod, a violin is played, and a rat interrupts a speech. Accounts of real accidents in high security laboratories are intercut into the surreal tale which walks the tightrope between despair and hope. The accompanying animation continues the story beyond the Great Filter – the proposed explanation for the Fermi Paradox – which offers humanity two options: if we have passed through the Great Filter, we are likely to be very alone in the universe, if the Filter lies ahead, we are more likely to destroy ourselves than not.
Together, the entire work takes as its focus the existential risk posed by biotechnology and asks: where are we going? The artwork consists of a 20-minute video, 14-minute animation, two stories, and two written interviews with researchers.

Premier in November 2026. More information soon.

The key crew: Charles Quevillon (sound design, music and acting), Ava Grayson (acting), Teemu Hotti (animator), Ariane Koek (co-producer), Teemu Ullgren (production assistant), Mari and Peetri Joki (costumes), and Josh Clark (podcast clips).  

Interviewees: Dr. Thomas Moynihan, researcher at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge University, UK, and Dr. Filippa Lentzos, associate professor in Science & International Security in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, UK.
Stories: writers Juhani Karila and Joanna Kavenna.

Thank you: Alvi Pakarinen, Jussi Myllyniemi, Antti Ollikainen, Vilho Tammi, Suvi Knaapi, Elias Joki, Henny Rajala, Tuomo Knaapi, Pele, Bertta, Lihis and Kone Foundation.