Diverse Universe

 "Historically, performance art has been a medium that challenges and violates borders between disciplines and genders, between private and public, and between everyday life and art, and that follows no rules."

RoseLee Goldberg

 Awolnation – Sail

 

 This week (Wednesday, 15.05) an abandoned factory building (tulitikkutehdas) was transformed into a Live Art and Performance area, in the context of a slightly underground, international, nomadic performance art festival "Diverse Universe". This festival involves over 200 international artists and unites about twenty cities all over Europe, at Tampere were performing such artists as: Amber Lee, Hiroko Tsutsimoto, Christine Olsen, Non Grata: Anonymous Boh and Devilgirl, Peter Rosvik, Mathieu Sylvestre, Terho Sire and J.K. Ihalainen. 

 It was a unique evening, showing pure art with no artificial boundaries. I was especially spellbound and captivated by a visual aspect of performances. I see no need  in verbal explanation of "acts"; as performance art is something that can be only seen, it is born in the moment of performance, and lives only in it.

Fruits of Insomnia

 A few months ago, during a long sleepless nigh, we created a beautiful photo story, together with my friend Marina K. The story about strength, apathy and fragility, with a slight taste of madness.

 First, an inspiration for the shoot was this photo of Anne Hathaway for Vogue. Originally i wanted to do something classy and lady-like, but Marina brought her insane "Marla" (Fight Club) energy into picture, eventually transforming the idea into something exciting, thought, as usual. 

 The Pixies – Where Is My Mind

 Preparing for the shoot, we started with smoking of a nicotine-free hookah tobacco and it logically occurred to us, why not to take some "smoky" pictures.

Vappu Tampere Style

In Finland, Vappu (May Day/Walpurgis day) is one of the four biggest holidays along with Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Midsummer (Juhannus). Vappu is a traditional festival for students and laborers marking the end of winter and the beginning of summer. On the eve and the actual day of the 1st of May, the whole of Finland is celebrating a merry carnival! (About history of Vappu you can read here and here) 

A Breath of Scandal

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

One of the first photosets this year was one with artistic Yana. She came to visit us for Christmas holiday and we couldn't leave this grate opportunity unused :) 

Inspiration for this set were Italian movies, passionate women, lonely evenings and a bit works of Terry Richardson (terryrichardson.com).

Amy Winehouse – You Know Im No Good  

Ready Steady Go!

I was thinking lately, what would be the best way to post my oldest pictures here? Then it occurs to me, that starting this blog is a grate opportunity to make sort of a review of projects we've done last year, a kind of late-coming New Year sum-up.

I will probably start from the project I enjoyed the most.
So... late Finnish spring, year 2012... me, my friend/most/muse Marina and nice old-fashion dress (bought it on a theater "yard-sale" for 5e)... Idea was to create a romantically melancholic story, about a young, well educated girl, who came back to her small home town and is getting slightly mad because of lack of perspectives and unbearable loneliness...

this picture on vogue.it