Jani Hietanen

Sound Designer, Sound and Visual Artist, Sound Recordist, Musician at Freelancer

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

About

Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, Sound and Visual Artist, Musician working in various sound related fields from Film & TV to performing arts to New Media installations and VR/AR/MR. I like to keep my horizon fresh and jump into unknown waters whenever the opportunity arises. Keywords at the moment: Interactive, generative, immersive, natural systems.

Experience

  • Sound Designer, Sound and Visual Artist, Sound Recordist, Musician at Freelancer
    Jan 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 6 mos

  • Composer, Musician at Race Horse Company
    Jul 2020 - Oct 2020 · 4 mos

    Contemporary Circus club with live music hosted by Race Horse Company and Drapes247

  • Interaction Designer, Sound Designer at diip Collective Vibrotactile Bodily Instrument
    Aug 2020 - Sep 2020 · 2 mos

    “diip” collective vibrotactile bodily instrument installation for 3 players at Oodi library in Helsinki, 25-27.9 and 9-11.10, 2020. Team: Marko Tandefelt: Concept, Interaction/sound design, physical interface, installation, corporate partners; Jani Hietanen: MaxMSP/Kinect2 3D depth cam programming, Interaction/sound design, visual interface, installation. Partners: 8020 monitors provided by Genelec; Surface Studio 2 computers provided by Microsoft Finland; Three floor vibration platforms and Kinect2 3D depth cam mounting plate built by Uusix Verstas; Vest Edge tactile vests provided by Woojer. Supported by: AVEK Kopiosto and City of Helsinki.

  • Visual Designer, Sound Designer at Luonnon Konserttisali : Bombus Hypnorum, Artlab / Metsähallitus
    Mar 2020 - Sep 2020 · 7 mos

    Luonnon Konserttisali : Bombus Hypnorum is a multidisciplinary art and science performance that inspires to contemplate on the diversity of nature. Due to corona situation the performance had to be postponed and will hopefully be premiered August 2021

  • Sound Designer at Ikimetsä / Awesome Slowness, Veli Lehtovaara
    Jun 2020 - Aug 2020 · 3 mos

    Ikimetsä / Awesome Slowness is a performance combining dance and radio drama. It examines the essence of time and polymorphism of nature in the primeval forests of Kainuu area in Finland.