Finland

SMALL NOTE

January 27, 2023

Just wanted to log in to say hi! This month I have been writing my forthcoming book at an artist residency located in a magical village called Ii. I truly believe time is different here. Different than anywhere else I have ever been. Kind of kinder, or something ❤️ Thank you KulttuuriKauppila for showing me so much love during all these years, and treating me like one of your own. It has always been good to be here. ⭐️

/peki

P.S. What you can see from image 2 onwards, are spreads from the German magazine Eltern. They published a six-page portfolio story of me and Astrid 🥳

NEW GHOSTS BOOK

January 27, 2023

BIG NEWS! New Ghosts will be published as a book by S&S  🥳 🥳 

YES, we are proud to tell you we have signed a publishing contract with S&S to share our story. The book will include our artworks, but also the first decade’s journey. There will be a lot of new photos and behind-the-scenes material including texts written by both of us ✌️😃✌️   ✌️😃✌️

The book will be out in autumn 2023!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

XOXO, Aki & Astrid

Aki and Astrid Sinikoski’s photo series New Ghosts portrays the relationship between father and daughter and their attempts to understand life, change, and the passage of time.  

Father and daughter have planned and made the photo series together as an artist duo since 2011. It will be published as a whole in 2058 when Aki turns 80 and Astrid is 50.

⭐️

AFTER 20 EXHIBITIONS…

July 15, 2022

👋 Time to take a deep breath 👀 🌊 😉😃 Any other New Ghosts summer plans? 🌴

🌍 After more than 20 exhibitions worldwide, it’s now time to relax, swim & play street basketball. 🏀

🥳 The last few days, we have used our time wisely by listening to a lot of 90/00 hip-hop & fresh afrobeat tunes. 😍

Next week Aki travels to Arles 🇫🇷 to show some of our new works to curators all around the world. In the meantime, Astrid will take our ghosts to confirmation camp 👻⭐️ -Time to get them baptized! 😉

👉 In the autumn, we are dropping some big news for you. 

Take care. You are important! ❤️🙏⭐️

Aki & Astrid

KUU VALGUS

January 27, 2023

I’m super happy and proud that my debut book has been released in Estonia by a big local publishing house. I haven’t got my copy yet, but it feels amazing to see these photos from some bloggers & the publisher. I’m also happy about how they have used my art photos to promote this book. First I was kind of wondering why, but after a short moment, I realized that maybe there are some similarities between the characters in the story and my photos. It’s kind of funny how long it took for me to notice that. 😀

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kuun valossa (S&S)
Under månen (Schildts & Söderströms)
Kuu valgus (Rahva Raamat)
Other credits like always: Author (FI/SWE): me, myself & IIllustration: Ilja

Peace & Love, Aki-Pekka Sinikoski

PS. I haven’t received my own copy yet, so the photos are by Maagiline Raamaturiiul ✨🎪🌙

MY BOOK IN ESTONIA

November 5, 2021

My debut book Under the Moon (Kuun valossa/Under månen) is going to be published in Estonia! The book is illustrated by Ilja Karsikas And guess what – the saga will continue as we are working on the follower for the first book. I hope it’s going to be published at the end of next year. 

The book rights in Estonia are sold to Rahva Raamat Hugs to Helsinki Literary Agency for all their foot and paper work ❤️

LATVIAN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

September 11, 2023

New Ghosts by Aki & Astrid Sinikoski
Latvian Museum of Photography
7.10.2021–1.2.2022

⭐️ Hi friends! 

If you are visiting Riga, be sure not to miss our exhibition at the Latvian Museum of Photography. New Ghosts by me and my daughter Astrid has taken over the whole 3rd floor! 

And that’s not all: On the 2nd floor there are also great photo exhibitions by Juuso Westerlund and Johannes Romppanen

All of the exhibitions curated by Tuula Alajoki
More information: Latvian Museum of Photography

EXHIBITION NEWS

October 25, 2021

Kranj Foto Fest starts today in Slovenia. We are super proud to be part of it with our New Ghosts photos.❤️

Later this autumn New Ghosts will be exhibited at the Latvian Museum of Photography in Riga.
More exhibition news & other good stuff soon. 

Peace & Love, Aki & Astrid

⭐️

NEW GHOSTS – BLUE GHOSTS

March 19, 2020

New Ghosts is now Blue Ghosts. During these extra ordinary times it’s important to protect all of us. That is why our exhibition in Jyväskylä is closed and wrapped in blue at the moment. If the situations gets better in a month, we will reopen the exhibition between April 14 and April 26.

If not, we hope to see you in Helsinki at Hippolyte Gallery in October or in the Northern Photographic Centre in Oulu at the end of the year.

THANK YOU!

March 10, 2020

Thank you for the wonderful exhibition opening in Gallery Ratamo. The atmosphere was warm and beautiful and we really could feel connected to you. Thank you for all your kind words and thank you for sharing your stories and thoughts. After the opening, it was snowing and we were so happy, grateful and full of life.

Our warm greetings go also to läänintaiteilija Marko Hämäläinen who interviewed us. –You have one of the biggest hearts in the whole wide world!

For those of you who haven’t seen the New Ghosts exhibition yet, you have the chance to see it at Gallery Ratamo in Jyväskylä until 29 March. 

After Jyväskylä the following New Ghosts exhibitions in Finland will take place at

–Gallery Hippolyte in Helsinki (October 2020)
–Northern Photographic Centre in Oulu (November 2020)

More New Ghosts exhibitions outside of Finland will be published soon. See you on the road.

Stay safe. You are important!

❤️ Aki & Astrid

All the photos in this post by Emmi Minkkinen


NEW GHOSTS – NEW EXHIBITION

February 24, 2020

The first New Ghosts exhibition in 2020 will take place 5.–29.3. at the beautiful Gallery Ratamo in Jyväskylä.

You are welcome to the opening 4 March at 5 pm. There will be a New Ghosts Artist Talk hosted by regional artist (läänintaiteilija) Marko Hämäläinen and we’ll stay in the gallery together with Astrid even after the official program, so I’m sure you’ll have a chance to chat with us if you feel like that. We have worked with these images since 2011 and YES, we are super proud of this exhibition, so it’ll be a pleasure to share it with you.

I will also have a photo workshop in Jyväskylä on 29 March so even if we don’t know too many people in Jyväskylä region – yet! – we hope that will change pretty soon.

Peace & Love, Aki & Astrid