Finland
Beneath the Rock (noise and some items)
Back and Forth bike to Pyhävuori (Holy Mountain)
Seidas are holy places related to Sámi culture, the rocks are the home of gods, spirits and trolls. Sámi religion is based on an animistic ideology, in which everything – inanimate nature, natural phenomena, animals and plants – has a spirit. Most seida rocks are noticeable landmarks and clearly stand out in their environment.
Immigrant rock
Bike Loop Together
void/mitätön (6-10 actions)
void/mitätön installations/actions in void spaces; based on observations of local behaviours (with respect, I’m spying on people, taking notes/photos and making installations based on what i see)
action 5.10 The Failure of Language, reading but not seeing, seeing but not reading
words/anagrams, marker, paper
Et okei anagram of ekopiste meaning you’re okay or perhaps it means hits home
Esite kop anagram of ekopiste meaning knock out or meaning cheeks not
Peto eiks anagram of ekopiste meaning so, am beast or meaning predatory strike
action 5.9 Comb Clay layers, capacity and nutrients; land and body sustainability
clay, water, chocolate clay
action 5.8 Finillusia – land of illusion, wandering, wondering
forest, lichen crown, tattoo, shadow staalo
action 5.7 The Past is a Pond – I float up from it like a bubble
puluu tulevaisuuteen Back to the Future, ancestors, photocopies, pond water/lampi vesi
action 5.6 Otherwise what was in question was not going astray in the great forest but falling into a weird condition where everything was otherwise
Akseli Gallen-Kallela Lemminkäisen äiti in forest farm
void/mitätön installations/actions in void spaces; based on observations of local behaviours (with respect, I’m spying on people, taking notes/photos and making installations based on what i see)
Nelimarkka Residence, Finland
void/mitätön (1-5 actions)
void/mitätön installations/actions in void spaces; based on observations of local behaviours (with respect, I’m spying on people, taking notes/photos and making installations based on what i see)
action 5.5 “Turn me over if you find me face down in a ditch one day.”
reenactment of quote from Aki Kaurismäki’s Man without a Past 2002 (Mies vailla menneisyyttä); (collaborator K. Popiel)
action 5.4 providing throwing rocks heittää kiviä
action 5.3 Hotelli, Peikko tie
action 5.2 mimic koivu
void/mitätön installations in void spaces; based on observations of local behaviours (with respect, I’m spying on people, taking notes/photos and making installations based on what i see)
Nelimarkka Residence, Finland
kuka missä olen? who am i where?
Self-portrait, research, August 6, 2012 Nelimarkka Residence, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Lotta Svärd
foto foto
river song
14
kurejoki river
Pyhävuori
During my stay Helsinki and Southern Ostrobothnia Finland, I choose to work with photography; this continuing self-portrait series is based on a conjunction of time, condition, and place
Genetic Material Magic Lab Exhibition Aug 9 Victoria BC
Interactive: you are invited to Kippis (cheers) or Kirota (curse) your ancestors and they can cheers or curse you in return. In a respectful way I ask, what did my ancestors invite me to do? How have they challenged me? What have they asked me to create?
Genetic Material 2012, ancestor spirits, vodka spirits, arduino with LED shield (kippis/Kirota), sauna bucket, ice, shot glasses