Art is weird. Strange things happen. Some weeks ago an friend of mine, artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri, asked if he could include my Kumea Wood USB drive in his sound art exhibition, “Sound of Work”. My release would serve as a part of a reference collection of silent sound works. Why not, I thought, and there it … Read More
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Vuorikaiku — a new sound gallery in Helsinki
The last two months I’ve been busy with a project that I’m very excited about. As an artist focused on sound, I have always hoped that someone would start a simple sound/listening gallery in Helsinki. In March 2014 I will open Vuorikaiku in Arabianranta. Some contemporary art galleries here do exhibit sound works every now … Read More
Back to the future
Since I was a kid I have been interested in different concepts of time (thanks to Robert Zemeckis). Even today questions like linear vs cyclic time or single vs multiple timelines are very central to my music. Yesterday I watched a documentary about the Antikythera mechanism and was reminded of the amazing possibilities of today’s technology in … Read More