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  • I'm again bit behind on my social media game but here is a track called "Anti-Apophenia" from a recently released compilation AURAL COOPERATIV by the Chilean label @hibridanita . Big up for all the artists included! Some words about the title: Apophenia is a condition where u see connections between unrelated things. But i was thinking a different kind of condition. Maybe the denial of climate change against massive amounts of evidence is akin to anti-apophenia - some kind of breakdown of cognitive faculties, where u aren't able to to see the reasons behind catastrophic weather conditions and other CC derivatives. Track link in bio! Video by me from a still picture of the compilation cover by @_v.3lo
  • I have a peculiar 60s Agfa pocket camera, which uses half frame of a 35mm (so I guess like 16mm). There are really almost no settings at all in the camera but I really dig the quality of images if u let them cook for a while inside the camera xD. Just got these developed from 2015 Sodankylä Fest (Midnight Sun Film Fest).
  • Documentation shots from my & @milkeniemi s Toinen laji/Different Species joint exhibition @ @forumbox gallery. Thanks a lot to the photographer @annaautio ! <3
  • Super happy to announce that my and @milkeniemi joint exhibition 'Toinen laji/ Different Species' is finally going to open on Thursday at @forumbox gallery. We have been working on with it for ages, like 2.5 years so it feels so good to finally present it! U can find more info about the themes of the exhib. at Forum Box website (link in bio). Also presenting in Forum Box is @alisa_javits exhibition: 'Seeing' and @malinahlsved exhibition: 'My Roots Are In The Forest'. I think our works gel very well with each other so I'm glad that we were curated together! The opening is on Thursday at 16-19 and everybody is warmly welcome (+spread the word!). Due to the ongoing circumstances we can't offer refreshments and please wear masks inside (BYOB outside totally fine!).
  • Second episode of the adventures of Juha S. in my video game 'Juha The Unemployed' which is now completely free of charge on my itch.io (link in bio). In this episode Juha escapes the unemployment office and ventures into the wonderful world of Internet. Alas, he encounters the most terrifying demon of them all 'Open Positions: Junior Consultant' from the depths of MOL.fi. Prepare to fight / escape or you must make an application!
  • new charity compilation for palestine by the helsinki based label @worldcanvas_ . including my track the olive tree. all the funds will be donated to MECA (MiddleEastChildren'sAlliance) https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ sharing & supporting very much welcomed! ❤ https://worldcanvas.bandcamp.com/album/persimmons-from-palestine (link in bio as well) V/A - Persimmons From Palestine (World Canvas) 1. Forces - The Olive Tree 04:44 2. jjjacob - Oxygen Demand 04:47 3. Softie - Vanity Garden 03:28 4. Traumesser - Conversion Artifact 05:24 5. Kointähti - Snape 03:39 6. Sebastian Greer - A Loss Of Leisure 05:52 7. acedia - gloss (feat. queendyster) 03:11 8. Chance - Babamın Korunması 08:18 9. Comastasis - Waiting Room 03:52 10. R000000M - Never Good Enough
  • I'm also a sound person for hire and I designed this 29 speaker/channel sound installation for #tiinapalmu s exhibition, opening tomorrow at @hippolytegallery . Tiina's exhibition is called 'Dramatis Personæ' and is open until 2.7. Come and see it's pretty impressive if I may say so 🙃 On the studio @ullakokki 'Light Fabulous Frogs' that looked super cool as well!
  • 🍄🍄🍄The Neo Fungi-able Token. Countless copies of little value, infinitely reproduced forever. The Mycorrhizal Network is a spore that has spread through the internet, taking over the cortexes of artists. It works tirelessly to spawn countless none-of-a-kind, hard to access, difficult to interface, critically ignored work for the masses. Spreading without mercy, the Mycorrhizal Network’s hive mind rejects the feeble scarcity of the apex predator in favour of the horde.🍄🍄🍄
  • Juha The Unemployed finally released as an actual game you can play! It's part of Mycorrhizal Network Bundle released today on Itch.io. Myco... is a new international network for artist working in game-adjacent mediums. Super happy to be part of an much love to all the artist included in the network/bundle (@fantasiamalware @d0ruk_b #jeremycouillard @halberball @yuhagirl #chloelangford #outlands) #MyccorhizalNetwork Released part of #itchio s #CreatorDay which is the same as Bandcamp day so all the funds go to us!
  • Neural selfie Processed one original selfie image in Photoshop with neural filters, doing incremental changes to the previous frame. Here is the result!
  • Failed Units x @wearetar night tonight at @currents.fm COMMON MULTIVERSE INITIATIVE! I will be the first and I'll play a 40min livecoding set at 18 GMT (19 Berlin, 20 FIN time etc). Will continue until late! 🙃 RSVP at: https://a.currents.fm/common (Chrome only)
  • Fourth and final one of my archival ”post-teasers” this time actually from my first ever released album (or anything really) Plastisphere relased in 2018 by @genotcentre . This track is called ”Great Pacific”. I was overjoyed, when back in 2017 I got an actual reply from sending demos and still feel like it was a pivotal moment for me. Very greatful to @ondrej.genot & @wim.genot for all the support during these years <3. Also kudos for @h5io6i54k for the album cover!
  • Decided to do a full length video of my track WildCat I posted here a few weeks ago. Posted it to Youtube today! Clickable link in the bio. (or here if u like copypasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Pf0er-_L8)
  • The Virtual platform Cyberia is now up on @ctmfestival website! Here is a portal to our @sfx_space showcase: XquisiteForce.AV featuring 49 different artist (sorry too many 2 tag but much love to everyone <3 ) The portal is made my @_lucas_gutierrez_ and the track playing now is by @johnobject . The portal is open until 14th of March so I really recommend to check it out until it vanishes to the depths of internet. Always much love/hugs to @zoemcphers and @ale.byss for SFX
  • Next up on my archival project is a track called WildCat from my second album Dynamics released in 2018 on the ever-great @conditional.recs which has been a massive influence since the very start. Thanks to Calum for inspiration and all the support <3 computermusic4life https://shop.conditional.club/album/dynamics
  • Amidst the collectively felt sadness, I guess the only thing we can do is keep soldering on. Here is a second documentation vid. A track called ”Joy of SSRIs” from my fourth album Epoch released by @gin_and_platonic last year. Thanks so much to @mrtnstndl & Tomas for believing me <3. Also big thanks to @jiri_macku for the album cover and @wim.genot for mastering! https://ginandplatonic.bandcamp.com/album/epoch
  • Rest in power SOPHIE. I don't think it can be overstated how truly original and inspiring artist we lost today. I'm absolutely gutted. 💔💔💔💔
  • I'll start documenting my earlier records here as these short snippet videos, kind of an archive of sorts. First up is "Climate Denial Machine' released the tail end of 2018 by #biofuturelaboratory This track is the beginning of "Earth Day Alternatives". More info/whole record: www.bio-future-lab.bandcamp.com/album/climate-denial-machine
  • Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome - the video game
  • Some "live coding magic" over at: https://g200kg.github.io/LiveBeats Pretty fun (but rudimentary) platform.
  • Byebye 2020, I won't be missing u. Was thinking what would be something positive this year and the spontaneous uprising of Belarusian people after the re-election of despot A. Lukashenko came to mind as one example. Back in September I was asked to make a track for charity compilation "Peramen!", which benefits a grassroots organisation @byhelpby still helping the protesters everyday! Link/audio in the video!
  • Just found an another of those mysterious steel monoliths! 👽👽👽
  • Few years ago I had a project on mind that I would do a series of self-portraits using only character creation tools of different video games, old/new. I guess the idea was to think about virtual identify / avatars, etc, but the project never really materialized. Here is anyway a bunch of portraits I made back then and a brand new one made with BloodBorne engine! The old ones are: Skate 2, WWE Raw and Mount & Blade.
  • Made a prototype RPG with the incredible Maker4D program! My game is called "Juha Sipilä - The Unemployed", where you play as the former prime minister of Finland, who has to register as an unemployed jobseeker to begin this magical journey of an unemployed person.
  • Best shops: Lidl, Alepa, K-Supermarket and this one 🛒
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