20170830

Saw [Hullu] by Blick Théâtre in Savoy-theatre last night (by invitation of Matthieu Siefridt). A tad of magic, dash of dance and some inspirational physical theatre jests. The puppeteering was very resourceful. The show used some simple visual elements (like a wall of cardboard boxes illuminated from different angles so that it looked like a video-mapping projection) which alone were reason to see it.

Ben Valentine asks How Can Ecological Artists Move Beyond Aesthetic Gestures? The text celebrates Agnes Denes as an example of responsible artist.. I should translate my texts on land art conversation in English. Denes’s work in Pinsiö is far from a sustainable artwork. The planting of trees using a strict mathematical pattern has forced the plants to compete for resources. Majority of the trees on the southern bank of the mountain have dried out etc. The work is in conflict with nature (which is why it is interesting).

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Anti-Calisthenics (2017). The workout video of the century! Shared-Bodyweight training as a model for bodybuilding.

Visited Tuomas A. Laitinen Thermoscene exhibition at Sinne. Heard the end of the Biitsi performance. Came too late to form an opinion on the music. The piece we saw with Pietari was some kind of poetry jam.

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Highs_&_Lows_ses1.wav (Freesound.org).

On the 30th of August, 2006, at Caixaforum ( Barcelona ), Freesound organized a multitudinous (more than 300 people) performance and sound recording called “La audiencia disponible”. This sound is one of those recorded that day.

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Peter Blasser makes nice synths, some of which are “psychogeographic maps” showing the relationship between the urban, suburban and wilderness. He calls himself Petroleum Bottle because we are just bottles of oil and he is irritated that his wooden synth parts have been cut with a chainsaw. Blasser’s synths were recommended by Mikko.