A meandering stainless steel gridiron vent which divides a large pedestal diagonally. A soundscape mixed using on-site recordings of the airconditioning system of the museum is played through the pedestal. The form of the meandering gridiron takes its shape from the speculative future model for a trans-polar sea route through the geographic North Pole, as the arctic ice pack has ceased to exist.
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Guide (Indefinite View) / 2019 / steel railing, electronics
A steel railing which vibrates in an alternating pattern. Rather than guiding or leading the viewer, the railing creates an element of uncertainty. Through the changing mechanical movement, the railing suggests a scene in a mobile environment, such as a train or a ship.
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Light (Deviated) I-IV / 2019 / neon lights
Neon light drawings that create crack-like patterns on the surfaces of gallery walls. The patterns track the routes of failed (or lost) expeditions to reach the Geographic North Pole, between 18th and 20th century, including Constantine Phipps (1773), John Franklin (1845), Fridtjof Nansen (1893), S.A.Andree (1897), and William Ziegler (1903).
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Mountain (Bikes) / 2019 / bicycles, rocks
A serie of bicycles and rocks installed around a suburban area of the city of Reykjavik. The bicycles are seemingly deformed underneath the vast rocks they appear to be attempting to transport. This simple gesture makes mass and gravity palpable, the self-evident elements that structure our existence – thus displaying an effort of a man to control something it has no power or control over.
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Field of View (with Humpty Dumpty's doors) / 2018 / doors, wall
Installation that consists of regular doors and door frames mounted on a wall. The composition of the doors refers to popular imagery from Ceuta border fence, with growds of people persistently attempting to climb over the high fence. Humpty Dumpty is a character from a traditional English riddle, that originates from king Richard III of England, who was defeated despite his great armies and fortress. According to Lewis Carrols' Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty was also suffering from face blindness.
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Line (of Air) / 2018 / stainless steel, wall, air conditioning
Installation that consists of a stainless steel gridiron for a ventilation system installed on a wall, with a hole behind that lets the air come through. The form of the gridiron takes its shape from a route through Europe, from Athens to Gothenburg, embarked by migrants fleeing to Scandinavia.
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A series of laser cut patterns illustrate the routes of recent migration crisis through the globe, side by side with pre-historical (between 100 000 - 10 000 years ago) migration patterns of human kind, reconstructed through genetics research. These small patterns bring cracks, or entropy, on the surfaces of walls and glass planes.
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Intersecting Items (Drained View) / 2017 / stainless steel, oak parquet
Installation that consists of two stainless steel drains, mounted in oak parquet. The drains take organic shapes, reminiscent of outlines of puddles.
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Street View (Reassembled) / 2017 / flatbed trailer, ruins of a house, steel structures / 2,6m x 3,6m x 13,5m /
Ruins of a bombed house, transported from Syria, assembled on a flatbed in order to be transported and driven from place to place, as a temporary arrangement.
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Stadsmuzikanten / 2017 / station wagon, microcar, scooter, microbike, programmed light & sound / 4m x 4,5m
A temporary public sculpture that pays homage to Bremen Stadsmuzikanten. In the most memorable scene of the tale, a group of domestic animals who have escaped from their householders, ascend on each other's back in order to create a tower or an intimidating creature. The headlights of the vehicles light on during dim hours, and an occasional choir of horns highlights their presence.
/ In collaboration with Taneli Rautiainen
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Restrained View (Gap) / 2017 / web screenshot on banderol, aluminium truss / 4m x 15m /
Restrained View (Fountain) / 2017 / Volkswagen Golf, crane, pumped seawater /
A screenshot from online map service is printed on a translucent banner, that's stretched on an aluminium truss standing at the sea front. The actual sea view and the online representation of it blend together. A Volkswagen Golf is suspended in the air in front of the banner, with sea water flooding through it with a never ending flow.
/ In collaboration with Taneli Rautiainen
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Fall (On Azure) / 2016 / 3d-animation, plaster wall, electronically controlled engine, sound recording /
The installation comprises a large exhibition wall, that falls every five minutes. After the fall, an animation of 3d-modeled plaster board bits floating through the blue screen is displayed together with the official recording of the tune of european Parliament, Beethoven 9th.
Fall (Chroma Key Out) / 2016 / plaster board, timber, chroma key paint / c.60m2 /
Field of View (Blue Spill) / 2016 / computer simulation, traffic sign stands, monitors /
Installation that comprises a chroma blue plaster board flooring, that cracks and decays during the period of display. On top stands two monitors that display a real time computer simulation of the blue tone in zenith above at the very location.
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Still Life (Cut-out) / 2015 / concrete walls, 3 doorways, mixed media / 3 x 0,8mx2m, c.50m2 /
Site-oriented installation on the doorways of an exhibition space.
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Dialog / 2014 / Aluminium, led tube, granite, scaffolding / 4m x 4m x 4m + 2m x 0,7m x 2,5m /
Originally site-oriented installation, based on a random dialog from the novel To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf.
/ In collaboration with Taneli Rautiainen.
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Still Life (LOL) / 2014 / Galvanized steel, streetlights / 8m x 6,5m /
Outdoor installation made with two streetlight columns and a loop of a highway safety fence.
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Departures (Door and Sign) / 2013 / Custom-made door, motor, crd-engraved aluminium door badge /
Installation consisting of a fast pace vibrating custom-made door and a 400cm long aluminium door badge
mounted on the opposite walls. The badge has a continuous, hand drawn line carved on it, scribbling over
and overwriting the surface.
/ In collaboration with Taneli Rautiainen.
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Loop (On B&W) / 2013 / Asphalt, concrete, steel, video loop / 4,5m x 4,5m x 1,8m, 1min loop /
Installation with a narrow asphalt road bent in a loop and a video monitor mounted on the opposite wall that shows a looped close-up tracking shot of a white central line painted on an asphalt road.
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Try-outs For a Libretto / 2009 / Scaffolding, portable cd-players, monologue recordings / 3m x 8m x 5m, 5x2min/
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Corridor Walk / 2008 / styrofoam, plaster, timber / 8m x 1,2m x 2,5m /
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Distortion (Inside View) / 2008 / timber, video / 4m x 4m x 3m, 2min video loop /
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