Interjection

I like when bloggers reveal what kind of blogs they like. Though I don't really consider myself a blogger at all, it's such a good idea to do.. So here's one of my favourite blogs. I like this blog because it is quite light and easy and quite entertaining also. But it has some really innovative stuff in it, little inventions that would be left unnoticed without this blog. Also the writer makes some excellent combinations and all the headlines and everything are a success in their randomness. She combines good photography, scandinavian design, food, artists etc.. Here you go: LOLITA



early winter morning walk

flower lamp

more flowers

ocean trash collages by Mandy Barker

She also gives a lot of tips for blogs to follow, I've often found many other good blogs via Lolitas.. 


I also got my idea for this self portrait gif animation from her, I try to continue it soon enough.. 

valoKuvA

I am also participating in another photography exhibition that is held at Gallery FAFA at the moment. It opened up the same night as Preview 5. It is simply called "valoKuvA", Photograph, with our school's IDs KuvA in the end. It's an exhibition of works of students who use photography in their artistic working. Was that clearly put?
Exhibition lasts till 22nd of April. I have there one photo which is the largest one I did so far, 110 x 130 cm approximately. I won't show it yet, go and see the exhibition! I'll go and take some photos of the photos later. 


Participants:

Sampo Apajalahti, Tine Bek, Petri Hankonen, Heidi Hänninen, Juan Kasari, Heli Kaskinen, Jonna Kina, Carolin Koss, Iiris-Lilja Kuosmanen, Vilinka Kätkö, Pia Männikkö, Ilkka Pitkänen, Jani Purhonen, Federico Ortegon Perez, Saku Soukka, Henna Tanskanen, Anna Timonen & Saija Kassinen, Oskari Tolonen, Ninni Wager. 

"Yötyö" by Petri Hankonen, 2008

Kollectice: Preview 5

Our group show exhibition opened up yesterday. Opening was held thursday night at the museum. The exhibition lasts a month, until 30th of April. The place is the Project Space of Finnish Museum of Photography.  Two links from the event: Museum of Photography  and HpB . Kollective is a group of eight different kind of young and talented photographer artists: Ville Andersson, Jonna Kina, myself, Aleksi Linnamaa, Jarkko Räsänen, Laura Paavilainen,  Saku Soukka and Filippo Zambon. The exhibition forms an interesting dialogue with the photos and the photos speak of urban culture in their own unique way. A few examples: 

 My photo Garden:                                                                             © Iiris-Lilja Kuosmanen

Ville Andersson, Sebald:                                                                                                                                          © Ville Andersson

Jonna Kina, Halko:                                                                                                                                                      ©Jonna Kina 

I love the exhibition space and I think it is the best exhibition of Kollective so far.  

bubbling (under)

Lately I've been getting inspiration to working from some surprising places. I have a feeling now I want to 

work with movement and the place it does or doesn't belong to. It's a vague idea that I'm planning to go into.. How movement can be transformed.  I've been doing a lot of dancing, mostly capoeira, also a little bit of hiphop and reggaeton.. These guys belong to my old capoeira group, they are awesome. 

Lately I'm so busy I haven't had time for blogging. Hopefully it will change at some point. Upcoming next week are two exhibitions in Helsinki. So great! 
ps. Open Capoeira Roda at Kallion ala-aste on friday from 18h00 to 21h00!

Tarkovskyn polaroidit / Las Polaroid de Tarkovsky

I found these while browsing the internet, and it was just too good to pass. 

"Tarkovsky, whose films often seem to be composed as a montage of still photos, in a period effectively took photos with a Polaroid camera. These photos, taken at home and in Italy, in spite of all their technical imperfections bear witness to the same way of seeing and visual world as the great films."  from here 

More digital versions here, enjoy the bright light and great images. 

By the way, I will graduate tomorrow as Master of Fine Arts (if they accept my final thesis) so keep your fingers crossed.