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.
20180302
Syntherjack.net schematics, pcb transfers and general tips. Seems like a very useful resource for eurorack diy!