With Atlas of Emotions, Finnish artist Jari Silomäki delves with sensitivity and invective into the tortuous recesses of the lives of those who, behind the shadow of pseudonyms, share their thoughts on online discussion forums. Carefully and tirelessly, Silomäki has immersed himself in the virtual architectures of the world, devoting several hundred hours to the search for the priceless literary treasures produced by the anonymous users who, from every corner of the globe, share furtive fragments of their existences and biographies.

His work, however, is not limited to the archiving of these testimonies. Silomäki aims to capture those decisive crossroads that forged the destinations of each author, bringing to life the emotions and events underlying each post. The digital pages, taken from the broad horizon of the Internet, are transformed into a manuscript that draws the observer into the intimacy of the authors’ refuges, skilfully reshaped and interpreted from the clues scattered in their writings. Subsequently, masters of stage art embody these revisited scenes, creating an extraordinary synergy of reality and representation.