Last Machos

OPENING WAS A BLAST

July 21, 2015

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Oh dear, sano John Deere. It’s been hectic up here. First of all: yesterday’s opening for Endless Summer was a blast! For me it felt like half of the village was there. I’m super happy with the result and pretty damn proud of the exhibition. I’ll write you more about that later.

Yesteday, before my own exhibition opening I had also a great workshop for 15 photographers from all over Finland and today I’m working as judge for Valto Pernu Photo Maraton. On their Facebook page you can find my latest interview made by YLE Oulu.

So yes, it has been an insanely busy week but LIFE IS GOOD!

Photos by Antti “SUPER DUDE” Leinonen
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EXHIBITION CONSTRUCTION

July 21, 2015

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I have never laughed as much during an exhibition construction as today. Thanks to Kossu, Jaska and Heikki this day has been a pure joy for me. 16 photos are already up and ready; still 17 photos to go before the opening on Friday. But we will make it.

/peki

#‎EndlessSummer‬ ‪#‎Ii‬ ‪#‎MyPeople‬

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

July 21, 2015

On the road again! Right now I’m driving back to Ii with 33 exhibition prints for my forthcoming exhibition. Even if the temperature outside is only chilly 15 degrees I can promise you there’s only 3 days til Endless Summer!!!!

IIJOKI BY NIGHT

July 21, 2015

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Iijoki, 01.30 a.m. Monday 6 July, 2015

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July 21, 2015

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Here we go: ENDLESS SUMMER [ エンドレスサマー]

The first teaser is out now!

More details coming up soon.

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July 21, 2015

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Around 650 kilometers up north from Helsinki is a town called Ii. The place is not only blessed with the shortest place name in Finland but also with a amazingly active cultural life with for example an environmental art biennale. At the moment I’m working here as a guest artist together with another artist in residence from Japan and a bunch of local artists. It’s going to be an extremely busy month up here but I can already now say that I’m super happy to work here with all these people.

BTW, today I met a lady who told me that the origin of the name Ii comes from the North Sami word “idja” that means night… Hmmm… If you describe night as the time between sunset and sunrise then at this time of the year here in Ii there so much light that the idja lasts only for 1 hour and 31 minutes. –Sounds like the Sami people had a good sense of irony wink emoticon

I will try to be active here during this month so you will have a chance to follow my adventures here. Next time I will tell you more about my forthcoming project here.
Take care!

XXX, Peki