A detail

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#PinjaKokkonen's Ultimate Ensemble was also a part of Lux In exhibition of Lux Helsinki, and a product of the light art course I was leading. Kokkonen's artwork is a combination of different aesthetics, namely classic chandeliers and modern day led stripes, and an exploration of how these aesthetics could be valued by someone who hasn't been indoctrinated to our visual traditions.

Photos: Siri Haapanen

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I'm happy there are video mappers like #KrzysztofWodiczko. "Residency", as seen at Video Mapping Festival in Lille in April, is about homelessness. It is not fancy at all, but it still was the one artwork in a series of five, which people applauded.

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#PinjaJuhola, a student of mine, was inspired by the bulb artworks of Felix Gonzalez Torres and created this statement, aptly named Provokatör, for Lux In exhibition 2025. So, can a blunt pack of Christmas lights, still partly unwrapped, be called art? A trick question, of course, since (almost?) anything can, as long as there's the intention and a context. I, for one, welcome this piece of rarely seen conceptual light art.

The photo is by #SiriHaapanen.

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Extrude/Exude has come to an end 🙏

Thank you all who visited and (hopefully) enjoyed this little exhibition 😊 The final number of visitors has not yet been calculated, but as far as I've understood, we had a huge number of you guys 😯!

Huge thanks to Kangasala's culture services, the library and especially Eljas for this opportunity and all the help with the exhibition 🙏

Now it's time to delve back into spring time chores around the house and then I'm gonna spend my summer toying with ceramics 👀 let's see what I can muster for my next exhibitions at fall 🤞

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In progress... Oil painting on wood. 🎀

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One final week left of Extrude/Exude! We've already had a huge number ov visitors, so thank you all for visiting and all of you who are going to visist still! 🙏 I've heard nothing but good feedback thus far 😊


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Moody Denim Blues, 2025
Elk skull, denim, stuffing, glue

Behold: Tentacles! This time made from denim! What will I come up next?! 🤣 Yeah — this guy doesn't have much of an origin story: reaching tentacles were popular last year, I had some old jeans, I made this. I know, very deep.

We've still got two weeks of Extrude/Exude left! Come and say hi!


Extrude/Exude
13.3.-23.4.2025
Taidetila Terra
Kangasala

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This is how the original painting "Sisters of the Soul" looks as a poster 🎀

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Pieni öljymaalaus puulle "Sielun sisaret", koko 17,3 cm x 15,2 cm
Small oil painting on wood "Sisters of the Soul", size 17.3 cm x 15.2 cm

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Fuzzy appendages, 2025
Deer horns, fabric, stuffing, glue

Extrude/Exude has been going along nicely - Thanks to everyone who has visited thus far 😊

Last year I received a pair of deer antlers that still had fuzzy, light brown fur on them. They looked so fun. I would've wanted to present them just as they were, but unfortunately they kept shedding and shedding constantly 🙈 So I was forced to strip and clean them completely. Saddened by this, I had the idea to re-fur them and even give them some extra appendages to fur up.

Boy, those long appendages took ages to stuff by hand 🤣

Timo Höyssä
Extrude/Exude
13.3.-23.4.2025
Taidetila Terra
Kangasala


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A detail of a big oil painting on canvas still in progress; going to the solo exhibition next autumn in Finland. 🎀

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Usein iltaisin istun työhuoneella ikkuna auki, kynttilöiden valossa, kuunnellen mustarastaan laulua ja tarkastellen päivän työn tuloksia. Tämä pieni apina loistaen valoa muistuttaa minua aina ihmisen olevaisuudesta; kuinka tavoittelemme maallista mainetta ja materiaa, unohtaen niin helposti olla tässä hetkessä läsnä; avoimena ja nöyrin mielin, silti ylpeänä omasta itsestään ja eläen itsensä näköistä elämää.

Kultainen apina symbolisoi minulle ilkikurisuutta, myös liiallista itsetietoisuutta ja jopa julkeutta. Katsellen tuota pientä kitschimäistä otusta, maadoitan itseni tähän hetkeen ja asiat saavat oman paikkansa ja arvonsa; Me ihmiset olemme aikamoisia kultaisia apinoita. Sen tiedostaen on helpompi olla ihan vain oma itsensä, omine haavoittuvuuksineen, vajavaisuuksineen ja vahvuuksineen.
Ihanaa ja levollista iltaa juuri Sinulle! Tässä ja Nyt.

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#Lichtrouten in #Lüdenscheid was a very nice #LightArt festival indeed! Not surprisingly, since the curator was #BettinaPelz, a guarantee of quality. Thought-provoking, not too flashy. Here's #TimEtchell's Never Sleep, placed fittingly right above the staff's meeting area.

#lightart #contemporaryart #valotaide #nykytaide #mediataide #MediaArt

Continuing "My students are great" series. Aju Jurvanen's Kauttaviiva/ (Solidus/) was part of Lux In exhibition during Lux Helsinki 2025. It's a delicate study of alternatives, using water, light, mirrors and subsequent reflections as its material. For me, the bright straight line trembling and transforming during it's travel through materia, is a symbol of changes in everything, even in things seemed constant and lasting.

First photo mine, two other by #SiriHaapanen.

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Oil painting on wood called "Once upon a time"

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Oh, what a world. What a world, 2025
Deer skull, carpet weft, fabric, glue.

The exhibition is already a week old, so let's meet some newcomers to my repertoire.

I had fun with last years goopy "Muddle Puddle" and "I seem to have misplaced it" (both also available at Extrude/Exude 👀) so I had puddles of fabric in my mind. Then I found these lovely green fabrics — and bada-bing-bada-boom: "Oh, what a world. What a world".

The name is just a random reference. You know — melting in to a green puddle? Wicked was huge last year, or so I've been told. You get it.

Extrude/Exude
13.3.-23.4.2025
Taidetila Terra
Kangasala

#taide #art #nykytaide
#contemporaryart #taidenäyttely #artexhibition #tekstiilitaide #textileart #kallot #skulls #kangasala #visitkangasala #taidetilaterra #kangasalankirjasto #Extrude #exude

"I'd like to learn to stand up for myself when I grow up."
A smal oil painting on wood

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