“The artist sneaks into a gallery and tunes up a photograph of another artist…”
I made this video/performance/art vandalism piece in a group exhibition at the Finnish Academy Of Fine Arts. The show “Searchers Of Life” is open at Kaiku Galleria until 26th of April 2009.
©RIME
Digital Video
Duration 5:10
2007
Me, Kalle Hakkarainen and Harry Salmenniemi did together this peace about copyrights. The text in the beginning says: “There are two kinds of capital… physical and mental… both as ridiculous… There is only one kind of capital… physical and mental… both as frustrating… You own nothing… except your life… and your death. You [...]
The Mandolin Lesson
Super-8 / Digital Video
Duration 4:20
2007
A short silent musical — shot on the romantic 8 mm film — tells a story of two persons finding a common tune from playing a mandolin. The scenes illustrate excitement with playing, dancing and singing but only a static hiss is audible. At the end of the musical [...]
Candide
Digital Video
Duration 3:49
2007
This video loop presents two lovers disappearing slowly in the middle of Helsinki. The piece was made for a group exhibition called ”Lose With Me” in the summer of 2007.
A Movie About Me (”Elokuva minusta”)
Digital Video
Duration 20:39
2007
For a long time I had planned to make a self portrait with video. The piece was composed of short documentary shots of monologues by people who have played an important role in my life. My face or voice is never present on the film; in fact, I [...]
