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On 27 May I performed “Männylle” (To the pine) on Harakka Island as part of the event NOMADIC ACADEMY OF EXPERIMENTAL ARTS PRESENTS: Impossible week: Analogy and magic. The documentation is available here. The spell was in Finnish while the end with a blues harp was nonverbal. I have continued my pondering with a pine in… Continue reading To the Pine

That was the title of my presentation at the SAR (Society for Artistic Research) conference Too early – Too late in Trondheim, Norway, on 19-21 April, see conference website. The material related to my contribution is available online here. I also participated in a conversation about urgent issues related to the development of JAR (Journal… Continue reading Is it too late to start talking with trees?

Talking with trees is my main occupation this year, or so it seems. Sure, there have been some seminars and lectures, and now recently moderating an interesting symposium on the theme of forgetfulness, Lethe, at SKH in Stockholm. I have also participated in two library talks with Eleanor Bauer about our respective X-position publications, first… Continue reading In Helsinki and Stockholm

On fifth February I returned to the pine in Nobelparken in Stockholm and read the letter from the pine in Brunnsparken in Helsingfors written 31 January. I had it printed on paper in the city library and fastened it to my notebook. When it was time to write a reply, I decided to try if… Continue reading In Stockholm Again

A week in Stockholm in the middle of January in order to witness the Research Days at SKH, Stockholm University of the Arts, gave me the opportunity to make a first attempt at writing letters between pines. The first letter, written next to (or ‘dictated’ by) the pine on the hill in Nobelparken is already… Continue reading Between Pines

A new year with new friends! But first goodbye to some old friends: I have completed my performances and conversations with the two pine trees in Stockholm and Helsinki. They are recorded on the RC catalogue, (see Helsinki here and Stockholm here), as well as published as podcast episodes on SoundCloud with a separate playlist… Continue reading Pondering with a Pine in the Park

A small exhibition, “Furorna i Bodafors” [the pines in Bodafors] in the gallery at the Malmsten school in Lidingö, Stockholm, as well as a talk to the students there, was included in my commitments related to the Wood Art Residency Bodafors. Alessandra di Pisa, the curator, helped me plan and actually built the exhibition, which… Continue reading Exhibition and experiments in Stockholm

In the beginning of October I began weekly conversations with a new pine tree, growing on the southern shore of Seurasaari Island, a popular public park, and decided to visit the pine on Sundays, if possible through the winter. I am speaking Finnish with the pine and hope to do something for a festival next… Continue reading The Seurasaari Pine

I spent a few days in Stockholm to visit the two pines that I regularly go to, the one in Nobelparken that I practice with (see images below) and then the pine in Lill-jansskogen that I have conversations with, in general once a month or so (see the image above). This time I worried that… Continue reading Quick visit to Stockholm

Returning to the pine trees in Helsinki coincided with small events of exhibiting old work. First I participated in “Konstrundan”, an open studios weekend (2-3.9) with artists participating all over the country. I covered the windows in my studio and created a miniature cinema of sorts, in order to show performances with pine trees on… Continue reading First Weeks of Autumn in Helsinki