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20170718

Anti-capitalism idolizes financial independency which is best manifested in the lifestyle choices of the super rich. Building co-dependencies between home economies, with the aim of accumulating and sharing wealth among extended families is presented as a bourgeoisie mindset. As an artist, I believe the latter beats independent efforts of navigating in the storms of capitalism by deploying an appetite for what is cool and scrambling for trickle down treats.

Working for an egalitarian welfare state run by hardworking bureaucrats is the best form of rebellion an artist can participate in. Hurray for public daycare, income taxation and other pillars of welfare state; the true underdog and avantgarde ideologies of our age. Aspiring for freedom is the cheap way out. Labor differentiates dreams from fantasies.

Honesty and true love require work. Freedom requires leisure.

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20170717

A video I made in 2014 “Eroottinen prekariaatti 2 | Erotically Precariat 2” has received a takedown notice on youtube. The 58 min long compilation shows extracts from work themed porn movies. No sex or nudity is visible… Only intros were workers negotiate and flirt with clients and each others. When they begin to undress a new intro scene cuts the action. The scenes are organized by types of labor (construction scenes, other blue-collar workers, office workers, creatives etc.).

One part where a worker seduces a coworker, has a 40s segment where “Who Knows” by Jimi Hendrix is heard. I’m now in a legal battle with Capitol Records and have argued that the the compilation is an artwork and that I have fair use rights to the material. If I lose my youtube account will be taken down. The video is currently part of a Circus Maximus production “House of Delights” at Kunstverein Neukölln in Berlin (by request of Milla Martikainen).

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20160716

A lot has happened in Europe this month. Following the Turkish coup trough Jussi Parikka’s twitter feed and blog.

The trade embargo on Russia has an impact. The quality and availability of fresh fruits and vegetables has deteriorated.

Build a handle for my dremel-tool with Jesse’s help. We attached a steel rod to a big nut, which fits the dremel’s front tip threads. Also shot a short movie about 3d-printers.

Thinking about the artists who hide their depression into poor art. #ॐ

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20160706

Editing the Grey Cube Gallery documentations. The zoo’s director Sanna Hellströms talks very convincingly about her work. The way she defines the institutions function and value is very similar to what I hear art museum staff talk about their organizations. Zoos build environmental awareness, art museums build cultural awareness. Both are talked of using obscure yet convincing terms. During her talk the institutions vague role and relation to other public institutions appears like a majestic lighthouses that offer citizens the opportunity to navigate their relation to nature. I should get Maija Tanninen-Mattila (Director of the Helsinki Art Museum) and Hellströms into a panel and have them talk about their institutions for so long that the audiences perception on which is which gets mixed. Institutions are forged with obscurities.

Made a song about how institutions fold upon themselves.

Was invited by Pilvi Porkola to feature in her upcoming New Performance Turku party-performance.

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20160705

Post-modernity for infants: Our daughter’s kindergarten has a scheduled “deconstruction day” during which all lego constructions the kids have build are disassembled. This makes the pieces available for new assemblies. She was worried during breakfast: “But… When is our next deconstruction day due?” She asked. (Made a song about this).

Practising on my gilding skills and trying to make a faux kintsugi repair on a broken vase. Instead of using gold or silver dust I’m gilding the glue seams. I failed to glue it together so that it would hold water inside and had to use epoxy to secure the pieces (The official kintsugi lacquer would have been expensive to import). In an effort to fix the leaks I casted a polyester resin interior for it. This holds the water in but will make conservators angry. Looks pretty though.