Art & Design Projects

During a 3 month artist in residency (September-December 2011) at Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China, together with media artist Andreas Zingerle we conducted a research, how to “open museums” with the help of digital technologies. As a outcome of the residency we published the book “Opening Museums – new interaction methods for future museum experiences” (soon available on Amazon). As a part of the research we organized a workshop in collaboration with CAFA City Design School and Today Art museum.

More about the book and the workshop

Samalu is a project that investigates Austrian and Korean mountain spirits, searching for their importance within the urban, technology driven society. The project was realized together with media artist Andreas Zingerle, June-September 2011 at the Changdong Art Studion – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist in Residency program, Seoul, South Korea. The outcome of the research was an interactive installation and as part of the research we also arranged “21st century San-Shin” workshop series as apart of the Standing by 000 program in collaboration with Mizy Center and Loop Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.

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Re: Dakar Arts Festival is a KairUs collaboration developed together with media artist Andreas Zingerle during the artist in recidence program January-April 2011 at Subnet in Salzburg, Austria. The Re: Dakar Arts Festival project documents a new art scam form. The scammers approach artists and galerists with open calls for a fake festival in Dakar, Senegal.

More about the project and research

Follow the Cybercrime story, become a facilitator of the anti-art scam movement and see how the scammers operate to avoid becoming a victim yourself.

www.dakarartsfestival.net

Killer Fashion Revolution – Fashion Hacktivism for Human Rights , 2008-2010

Killer Fashion Revolution is a project that uses fashion hacktivism to promote human rights. This by transforming war related clothes to new designs promoting various Human Rights Declaration articles. In the project name the “Killer Fashion”-part refers to war related clothes. Revolution; “a sudden, radical, or complete change”, indicates that the “Killer Fashion”-clothes will be radically changed – in this case to promote human rights. In Killer Fashion Revolution fashion hacking happens on both physical and symbolic level. The clothes are altered and the code; materials, seams, drapes, details, etc. are reconstructed. On a symbolic level the meanings of war related garments are redirected to promote positive values. In a situation of war, conflict and injustice the human rights are most neglected and by transforming war related clothes to promote human rights the participants goes through a symbolic ritual of opposing direct and structural violence. The project is planned to take advantage of divers mediums to reach people in various situations, involving them into different levels of participation. The Killer Fashion Revolution -project consists therefore of four modules; workshops, installation, wiki-site and do-it-to- geter guides. These modules support each other, yet work as independent entities promoting human rights and inviting participation.

See a video from a Killer Fashion Revolution workshop

www.killerfashionrevolution.org

CKC Digital Art Lab, 2010

The Digital Art Lab -project is about setting up and developing concepts for a Digital Art Lab in the CKC-cultural center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands. The aim is to develop concepts helping traditional arts take advantage of a Digital Art Lab. Concepts are also tested in the Lab with the target group of youth.  I took part in the project fall 2010 as media artist, designer and researcher

www.digitalartlab.nl

City Art Lab, 2010

The first City Art Lab took place in Helsinki May 2010, when 5 strangers came together 12 times during one month to interact with the city. City Art Lab is about exploring a city in various ways without a specific aim, yet a way to find inspiration and new perspectives. The intent of publishing the City Art Lab concept online was to share experiences and open the well working concept for others to use thus promoting a open source ideologies. As one of the initiators of City Art Labs and participant in Helsinki City Art Lab, Spring 2010 I enjoyed specially working in an cross diciplinary group with various artist both with visual and performance backgrounds. I also got valuable insight in artistic processes used in other practices.

City Art Lab -website

IDASTATION – Seoul Design Capital 2010 portfolio, 2008

IDASTATION was created by students at The International Design school for Advanced Studies of Seoul Hongik university as a pool of ideas for the 2010 Seoul World Design Capital event.During a 5 month visit in Seoul I took part in initiating the IDASSTATION and contributed with four different concepts for the idea pool. My proposals utilities various spaces in Seoul both concerning, geography, culture and traditions in the city.

My Designs as an PDF
IDAStation blog

ADA – elämäsi näytöllä (your life on the screen), 2000-2001

ADA is a multimedia production that inspire women to use computers. It was produced in collaboration with Jutta Törnquist and Lena Frölander-Ulf. The demo production of ADA won 1st prize in a “Information society for women – Tiin@ competition” organized year 2000 by Suomen akateemisten naisten liitto (Organization for academic women) with the project “Ada – your life on the screen”. The production was part of my Bachelor thesis.

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