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Visited Simo Saarikoskis’ exhibition at Oksasenkatu 11. The event was fun, and I got to talk to swell people but it was difficult to follow the exhibition.

I’ve been fiddling with WordPress.. Thinking about switching themes. The new twentyseventeen theme offer neat features out of the box and I want to learn the ropes in hopes of eventually updating my artist portfolio. If I learn how to to keep comments and tags on the “frontpage” view, I’ll make the switch. Integrated my Flickr account on a page of this blog.

Also updated my OnePlus 3t to Android 7.0. I decided to make the device un-encrypted as I’ve read that androis device encryption is not strong anyway.

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20170105

Sinofuturism 1839 – 2046 AD (2016) Lawrence Lek. The focus of the essay is important and it touches many interesting topics but the film is a tad repetitive. A useful introduction for anyone interested in China and etno-futurisms. The points of the film are said early on and recapped at the end. I particularly liked the bits analysing Chinese/Global gambling.

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We received sponsorship headwear from Atlas Copco! The Sound of Work: Blacksmith sample pack is turning into a weird side quest to corporate sound archeology. I contacted the companies marketing departments in Finland and Sweden and we received caps from both branches (Caps that were shipped for Jesse have a modern look and I got a more subtle grey version). Atlas Copco is a key company in the nordic mining and manufacturing culture. It’s a living fossil of an organization, which is rooted in pre-copyright manufacturing culture and it’s wealth is based accessibility to local raw ores. I always remove or hide branding from my clothing but this is a rare treat and I’ll keep the logo on. Unfortunately the shape of the cap is silly. The story is impressive though.