Step into the whole new realm

Step into the whole new realm at Titanik gallery, Turku, Finland 1.12.-31.12.2016.

3.10.2016 12:14
Workspace at Helsinki. The phone rings and I’m distraught from my thoughts. The caller informs they’re working on a tv production and would like to have me to star a reality tv program. The task is to be homeless for 43 days.

Why did they call me in a first place? They tell me I was profiled from the internet. What did they search for and why did they come up with me? Urban survivor, homeless, lost in the city, hermit, escapist…

I reject the proposition and the call ends.

4.10.2016 09:30
Workspace at Helsinki. I can’t distraught myself from the thought that someone I don’t personally know has just profiled me through the internet. I start to wonder the image the internet creates of me. When I look through the profile the internet has created of me, I notice the alter ego born through my searches.

For the December I’ll leave my alter ego in Titanik gallery. As the avatar spins 360 degrees it unfolds a whole new realm.

The new realm is made of tunnels mined underneath the Aura river. Of sharp-edged rotating fences between you and the wastelands where paint is being sandblasted off from the ruins by the wind. Of endless helical stairs in rumble under the feet in an everlasting abyss. Of an abandoned cemetery whose crypts are decorated with alien resembling reliefs. Of wind between freight wagons at night when the blackness of the landscape opens in front of you.

Step into the whole new realm (2016), photograph on fabric, 1793 x 2250 mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), photograph on fabric, 2756 x 2250 mm


Step into the whole new realm (2016), digital print, 150 x 100 mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), serigraph print, 840 x 594 mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), photograph on fabric, 1266 x 2250mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), serigraph print, 594 x 840 mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), serigraph print, 840 x 594 mm

Step into the whole new realm (2016), video projection, duration 2:44, acrylic plate, wood, sleeping pad. Music: Sami Suova