Author's posts
Aug 31
Self-making Human
2023 Installation of sculptures (wood, fabric, wadding, plaster, silicone) and ready-made objects (furniture). Installation size 230 x 300 x 220 cm. Figure is human sized. Art association ITU’s 2022 summer exhibition had ARCHEOLOGICAL THINKING as its theme. I created a room installation depicting a scene of a humanoid figure in a kind of self-study lab/room, …
Nov 07
Post-posterscapes
Post-posterscape is a term I coined for photographs depicting urban switchboards and similar after a poster (or ad) glued to it has been torn off, worn out or otherwise faded away. Photographing post-posterscapes has been an ongoing project of mine.
Nov 07
Rustscapes
Rustscape is a photograph of a rusted object, resembling abstract paintings and/or map-like, scenery-ish image. Photographing rustscapes is an ongoing project.
Jul 08
Unnamed (Amniotic Fluid)
2021 Donated and upcycled materials (wood, fabric, string, gauze, wadding), video and sound.Installation size 230 x 300 x 220 cm. Figure is human sized. Art association ITU’s 2021 summer exhibition had WATER as its theme. For my entry, I created a room installation with a double veiled green figure sitting on a high chair, seemingly …
Mar 29
(That) Total Age
2020 Installation (wood, used tarp, recycled fabric, slip casting, looping video (05:11), looping soundscape (07:14).207 x 200 x 300 cm. Totalitarianism hasn’t disappeared from the face of the Earth. I wasn’t left behind when humanity moved on to this new millennia. It doesn’t make its appearances only on far-away, strange lands. In a totalitarian system …
Jul 01
ITU & Idols
“Who or what are you inspired by?” was the question posed to art association ITU’s summer exhibition participants in July 2012. Niko Skorpio and I chose William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin as our inspirations for our shared gallery space.
Oct 28
Winter Solstice
“The darkest time of the year contains the seed of Light.” Collaborative art installation with Niko Skorpio celebrating Winter Solstice 2009, exhibited mid-December at “Joulukalenteri 2009” (Christmas Calendar 2009) exhibition at Taidemakasiini ITU, Humppila. Works included raku fired paper clay wall sculpture “Black Sun” and raku fired recycled clay bowl installation “Eheydythän” (“Will You Become …
Dec 28
Black Sun
2008 Raku fired paper clay.44 cm across. The Black Sun shines metallic on a slightly wavy raku fired plate. Exhibited December 2009 at Joulukalenteri (Christmas Calendar), Taidemakasiini ITU, Humppila Available, contact for price.