SUPERFLEX
The Climate Clock public art trail is part of the 2026 European Capital of Culture program in Oulu. The trail was curated by Alice Sharp of British organization Invisible Dust, which brings together artists and scientists to create works on environmental issues.
SUPERFLEX & KWY.studio, Super Kello
Danish artist collective Superflex has collaborated with KWY.studio architects to create Super Kello – a harbourside stone sculpture in Oulu, Finland, to be enjoyed by fish after sea levels rise.
Created for the new climate change-themed public art trail Climate Clock, Super Kello is one of seven works nestled into the local landscape to provoke engagement with the theme of environmental crisis.
Super Kello is located at the Kiviniemi fishing harbour on the shores of Bothnian Bay, at the northern tip of the Baltic Sea, and represents the latest iteration in Superflex and KWY.studio's series of "fish cubes".
These sculptures are each parametrically designed to maximise the surface area of a single cube of waste marble, using wire cutting to slice the stone with precise curves and make modular building blocks for a world that appeals to fish.
Superflex has worked with KWY.studio for several years on this "fish-friendly architecture", Superflex co-founder Rasmus Rosengren Nielsen told Dezeen.
One of Superflex's fish cubes serves as street furniture in Portugal, while another sits under the waters of Copenhagen Harbour in the collective's home town, providing a gathering place for marine life.