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Video works of performances and conversations with pine trees in the Telegraph Gallery on Harakka Island 12-17 August 2025 noon to 5 pm. Info in Finnish. Works: For the Pine of the Year 2024 36 m 57 s, orig. 4k With the Pines 1-12 2024 3 h 9 m 38 s, orig. 4k    … Continue reading More Pines

I decided not to make acquaintance with new pines this year, because the project Pondering with Pines ended officially at the end of last year, but of course I’m working with the material and showing work in exhibitions. And now I’ve also made some new experiments with the Pine of the Year (2024) in Kaivopuisto… Continue reading New experiments with an old pine friend

During the year 2024 I have visited four pines each month, 12 times each, and have now completed all four December visits, in time before Christmas. Visiting the pine of the year in Kaivopuisto Park, recording the year of the pine while playing an old blues harp for the tree – or rather breathing through… Continue reading The last visits

During my one-week stay on Örö my main aim was to somehow conclude the three-year project Pondering with Pines. And I did that despite the initial chock, when I realised I had forgotten my camera battery charger at home. There was enough power left for three short video clips with a few words of thank… Continue reading Thank you to the Pines on Örö

The video series Tala om det för tallen (Tell It to the Pine), on display at Hippolyte Studio 1st to 24th November, consists of seven conversations recorded in the year 2021 with a pine tree growing on the western shore of Örö. An eight conversation, Tala om det för tallen igen (Tell It to the Pine Again), was recorded… Continue reading Tell it to the Pine

Spending a week in Stockholm without visiting the pine by Essingeleden, without visiting any pine or tree at all, feels odd. The little pine growing on the cliffs of Fredhäll next to Essingeleden motorway became a friend and support because I visited the pine from 16 September 2023 to 20 September 2024 twice a week… Continue reading Goodbye to the Pine

As part of the project Gifts from the Sentient Forest I had the opportunity to return to the same pine in Äkäslompolo growing by the river right below Stena Cabins, the cottages we stayed in. The first time I visited the pine we performed for a video camera together every second hour for a day… Continue reading The Pine in the North

This year my two weeks as a gallery sitter on Harakka Island take place at the end of August, and the exhibition where I show my videos this time is called With a Pine. Besides the pleasure of being able to show one’s work in a relatively relaxed manner it is also a good opportunity… Continue reading Two Weeks With a Pine

On the 8th of August I revisited three pine trees in Kaivopuisto Park that I used to visit in 2022 and 2023. I wanted to do something because the day was special; a day when the so called Lion’s Gate Portal is open. In astrological terms that means “the alignment of the sun in Leo, the… Continue reading Revisiting Three Pines

During Spring 2024 I have worked with two new pines, besides the four pines I began to work with in January and plan to continue meeting with until the end of the year. The three pines that I have conversations with regularly and also create podcast episodes with are the two pines by the shore… Continue reading New Pines

Now the fourth pine tree is selected, too, and the conversation partners for the year are thus decided. I will talk Finnish with a small pine tree growing on the shore of Mustikkamaa Island, or Blueberry Land. I visited the tree yesterday in a snowstorm, so our first meeting was brief. I had to record… Continue reading With a Pine in Blueberry Land

The first performance for the pine of the year is done, and the recording can be found on a page on the Research Catalogue devoted to documenting the whole year, here. My original idea was to organise events for the pine once a month for a year, with invited artists performing music or dance or… Continue reading The Pine of the Year – The Year of the Pine