Recap of what has happened and what is yet to come

So it begins again, that allusive game of cat and mouse to find an idea i can feel looming at the back of my mind, somewhere in my subconscious. I can feel it clawing its way towards the surface – it is time, it will come. The fear that the idea will not surface in time is always there, a dreadful silence, yet I can hear the calling like a dare. I love this, it is like trying to solve a puzzle that i have already solved but lost.

There is exactly 11 weeks and one day until my exhibition Yes, I Know Your Birth opens at Gallery Jangva on December 12^th 2012. This exhibition will be the culmination of two years of work, in which I have been actively researching ancient Karelian folklore and creating new ways to explore its existence in todays society through rituals, stories, music and customs.

Throughout this project I have used forms of media art to explore new ways of creating art. I have learned new skills like soldering and creating a 14:2 surround sound system. Both which are very useful skills and both of which were taught to me by the fabulous Thierry Francois aka COLYMBA who has also designed my website, logo and countless other things throughout the years.

During the course of this project I have created several sound installations, about 7 video works, numerous performative and photographic imagery, countless texts and a collaborative art project with Eva-LiisaOrupöld: Won't Carry Alone For Fun made with the Eno school class 7A and Kotiranta retirement home, which was shown as a part of my June Exhibition From Karelia Now and Before in Eastern Finland.

My artwork “Birth Words” was also introduced at a conference in Portugal called Borders and Borderland. Today’sChallenges, Tomorrow’s Prospects. as a part of Tuulikki Kurki's presentation Poetryof the Two Karelias. My sound artwork “Lament” was featured on the Nowhereisland radio station, part of the Cultural Olympiad project Nowhereisland. My art has been included in both Art Fair Suomi 2012 and The Manchester Contemporary 2012 art fair. Also I am happy to announce that PAPER, a Manchester based gallery, which represents me sell some of my prints and postcards. There are also a few of my video pieces being shown at the PNEMSound Art Festival 17/18 of November in Uden, The Netherlands. 

It has been a very exciting ride so far and there are still more ideas, which have yet to be made a reality. I am currently finalizing the press release for the exhibition at Jangva and planning the actual outlook of the exhibition as well. I want to go to the summer house again next month and create a new work, which will hopefully end up being the video for a small planetarium that will be built within the gallery. So much to do – So much i can't wait to do.