US by Ruby Ibarra feat.Rocky Rivera, Klassy & Faith Santilla showing respect for heritage and fighting for the rights of island women (an other song is calling for revolution). Towards the end the US song they sing about genetics as a foundation of an uprising – Which makes me nervous. Her CIRCA91 record feels rough, my favorite is Brown Out. Stylistically an interesting comparison to Karen Hip Hop by Roe Hero and crew (from Kemi).
20180216
A street credibility clout score counter for leftist: Suomen sotasurmat 1914-22. A tool to check if an opponent has privileges, evaluate the validity of their political claims and expose class-offenders (luokkarikkuri).
20180315
Finally completed a lengthy article about my experience of working as Environmental- / Land Art Conservator for the Strata project in Pinsiö 2013. I worked in a team tasked to restore Up and Under (1998) by Nancy Holt and The Tree Mountain by Agnes Denes (1996). A big part of that text is an analysis of the controversy caused by Spiral Jetty conservation efforts. The text is currently being reviewed by Mustekala.org and if it passes I might translate parts of it into English too. I should craft it into a zine too…
I contacted Dia foundation in New York and offered to prepare a presentation about the the work we did for the environmental artworks commissioned by Strata. They haven’t replied yet. Attempted to open a dialogue with contemporary art conservators at Kiasma too but they haven’t replied either. They must get a lot of contact requests from Environmental- / Land Art Conservator’s around the world.
Finnish Cultural Institute in New York is trying to arrange a meeting with the NYPD mounted police unit for me. We drafted a long letter together and I hope it’ll open a dialogue with them. I’ll start the visa application process tomorrow.
20180310
On route to Vyborg by invitation of Miina Hujala & Arttu Merimaa. Learning about Ruinenwert (it’s in a troubling relationship to Deep time Marxism). Reading The Value of Ruins: Allegories of Destruction in Benjamin and Speer (2003) Naomi Stead.
20180309
Islamic feminism: A contradiction in terms? (2018) Djelloul Ghaliya. A complicated and challenging article. Some parts feel very critical towards islamic feminism but the text in general attempts to develop a new alliance with the movement. I’m not sure what Ghaliya is after or with whom she is discussing with.