outside looking further out
My Master of Arts thesis for Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture is called Uneasy Ride. It consists of an artistic part, a cinematic installation, and a written part called Uneasy Ride: Chasing Freedom, Facing Devastation, presented in the form of a 80-page book. Completed in September 2018. A batch of thesis books … Read more
There were no photos or recordings from the event. I only had some memories. Like the ceiling above stage constantly rumbling to low end frequencies. People in the audience sitting on the floor, eyes closed. Someone telling me it sounded like…
RESOLUTION / KUMOUS screening 3.Curators: Taija Goldblatt, Onni Lillqvist, Shubhangi SinghDate: 29.9.2018Location: Yard of Cultural House Laikku, Tampere, Finland Videos:Black Lives Matter | Sasha Huber and Petri SaarikkoCity of Plastic | Alberto Reza Bow, Kaboom, Splash | Veera SalmioOlemisesta / On Being | Taija GoldblattDawn to Dust | Shubhangi Singh30 dias de patineta | Henry … Read more
20 years ago today, I released my debut solo album. I called it Grey Bloom [xero vol zero] and put it out on 12″ vinyl on my own small underground label Some Place Else. Always thinking bigger than my resources allow, it was supposed to be followed shortly by another LP with a related theme and … Read more
A surprise find on YouTube: Helsinki Computer Orchestra performs Shinji Kanki’s piece “PCM 0355+53” at Avanto Festival, Helsinki, November 2003. (Above photo from rehearsals, by NS.)
There’s the notion that the artist is always as work, even if it doesn’t always seem like it. At least some parts of their brain are at work. I have to agree, and often it’s not the question of choice but simply the way the mind works.
2017 was another busy year, quite work-focused (as usual). After some contemplation, some accomplishments will follow. And then some obscure notes called “plans for 2018″…
Originally presented at All Ears Radio Project in Espoo in May; given limited (now out-of-print) CDR release in August; Shred.fm by TH€€€F is now available for download at Bandcamp.
I’m currently working on my Master’s thesis for ViCCA/Aalto University, it deals with road movies to some extent, obviously with related reading, writing, watching and filming on the to do list… The other day, taking the usual procrastinatory detour, I checked some news headlines and learned that Malcolm Young had passed away. (Well, sir, have … Read more
“In the aftermath of the carnage of World War I, a number of avant-garde thinkers and artists realized that the modern experiment had taken a serious wrong turn. The arrogant belief system of scientific progress and materialism seemed to be a cover for something deeply irrational and dangerous – what Carl Jung called the “shadow”, … Read more