Sanara Creations is the professional dimension of sound designer, producer and artist Sarana / Janne Särkelä.
Tools: Logic, Cubase , Pro Tools, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, Final Cut, Premiere, Max/MSP/Jitter, Plogue Bidule, Flash/AS, CSS, HTML, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, OSX/Win/Linux, Arduino, Processing, Captivate, Storyline.
Janne resides in Helsinki, Finland at the moment, and works at Digital Lessons Finland as the Senior Technical Developer.
A mechatronic art installation created for the Aortta Party by Hytky. Max/MSP analyzed the beat and sent triggers to an Arduino, which controlled an electric motor. Attached to the motor was a rod with a cardboard heart fixed to its tip. The rod’s position was tracked using a Hall sensor. The heart rhythmically struck a thin veil, backlit with red illumination, creating a dynamic, pulsating visual effect.
Video: Oskari Niitamo.
The poster art needed to convey a sense of immediacy, internationalism, and determination, with a particular emphasis on the principle of universal humanism that underpins the Occupy movement.
The poster traces the key historical milestones of the movement, culminating in the occupation in Finland. Additionally, it functions as the event’s timetable.
AMBIENT² translates the soundscape of Harakka Island in Helsinki into music through a computer-driven generative process. We are born into a familiar sound environment that becomes our baseline, making everything else seem strange or peculiar. This project is about reinterpretation—by rendering the same soundscape as music, it reveals unexpected and uncanny elements. Video of the interactive sound installation.
The music created by AMBIENT² does not conform to any traditional note system. Instead, it reconstructs the source material’s frequencies using synthetic instruments in a spectral musical framework. The result is a composition that never exactly repeats itself; the observed environment acts as the composer, generating its own unique tonal system. This music is not random but governed by its inherent rules.
Rooted in ambient aesthetics, the piece blurs the boundaries between ambient sound and ambient music, seamlessly merging the musical space with the surrounding world.
AMBIENT² was featured at the La-Bas Biennale 2012 and exhibited at the Sound Art Gallery Akusmata.
Logo concepts and illustrations for a website addressing brain drain and the national cost of neglecting talent.
Occupy Helsinki organized a support event at a local bar, showcasing audiovisual works from the global Occupy movement and bringing the spirit of the streets into an indoor setting.
The visual identity aimed to distance itself from traditional leftist aesthetics, reflecting the movement’s broad, inclusive, and non-violent stance against selfishness — a message captured in the poster artwork.