Larry’s Quest (2018) Marcin Wichary. A nice game. Larry was a role-model of the pre-postmetoo digital realm. I remember passing the original game in Vaasa when visiting relatives.
Viili diary is now on docs for convenience.
20180117
The Many Faces of the #MeToo Backlash (2018) Maryam Omidi.
Ignoring the lived experience of a diversity of men and women will not bring about the critical consciousness, reflection or sense of personal investment required for sweeping, lasting change. In the early twentieth century, Marxist Antonio Gramsci noted the important role of “organic intellectuals,” representatives from different working class substrates who stood in contrast to traditional intellectuals i.e., those in the academy, who he argued were beholden to and complicit in perpetuating the hegemonic ideology. With universities increasingly viewed as exemplars of neoliberalism, this Gramsci’s theory applies more than ever.
20180116
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau (Fi) are inspirational artists. Their work is legendary.
- Licking curator’s ass (2005) is an instant classic.
- Painting China Now (2013-2014) is smart.
- Transratfashion (2007) is touching.
- Art forum incident (2005) is brilliant.
How to Make a Eurorack Module: A talk by James Carruthers, NoBots.
20180115
Chelsea Manning for U.S. Senate campaign video sends a very similar message as the Donald Trump presidential campaign.
Work on viili continues! Made a sheet document to follow the progress: 20180115_a-history-of-a-viili. Collected Kombucha from Pasi Rauhala for the upcoming Neighborizome talk-shop.
Wrote a travel grant usage reports for the Arts Promotion Center of Finland. Tough work. I’ll have to make a document about last years artists grant too.
Send an email to New York Performa-organization in an effort to plan the residency period. Also learned that our flat in Brooklyn has a gym in the basement, it’s 15 min from the residency-atelier and that I need to get a B1 style working visa in order to make a film in the city.
Send my Novation Circuit to Thomann.de for service. The unit glitches occasionally. Thomann has a three year warranty! Included a summary of the issues and a short text: “Greetings from Helsinki and I hope you have a good week. I’ve been preparing viili lately, it is a fermented milk drink (similar to buttermilk) and going to the sauna by the cold sea. I’m thinking about getting a Drumbrute, it would compliment the Circuit well and make for a decent sequencer.”
Got a copy of Osculum Infame (2001) Gardar Eide Einarsson & Matias Faldbakken (published by Nifca). A guide for satanic ass-kissing.
There are various aspects of the Osculum Infame, the Black Mass and the description of Satan’s physical appearance that can be applied to the notion of modern-day networking rituals and their participants. As a manner of trading social behavior for personal gain, networking had become one of the most powerful vehicles for financial, political and cultural progress.
20180113
I constantly compare myself to and seek the acceptance of Germans, French, English and even Swedes. I think their cultures are better then ours.. I don’t even think I have much of a culture. There is no such thing as western civilisation (2016) Kwame Anthony Appiah.