The Land Where It Always Rains

Kalle Vainio’s The Land Where It Always Rains is a large-scale multimedia installation featuring ten reel-to-reel tape recorders, umbrellas, and projected video. In addition to Vainio, the creative team includes Ville MJ Hyvönen and Merle Karp, responsible for the venue’s visual design. The tape machines run loops of various lengths created from field recordings, all playing different sounds of rain. The constantly evolving, surreal soundscape invites listeners into a world of eternal rain. The Land Where It Always Rains encourages festivalgoers to pause and reflect: What does rain actually sound like?