KOSSU AND JASKA
Kossu and Jaska goes Endless Summer vol 1 (Finnish Only)
#EndlessSummer #Ii #MyPeople
Kossu and Jaska goes Endless Summer vol 1 (Finnish Only)
#EndlessSummer #Ii #MyPeople
YLE (the Finnish Broadcasting Company) made a radio interview with me working here in Ii/Kulttuurikauppila. It’s in Finnish so, hyvät herrat ja rouvat, tytöt ja pojat sekä kaikki muutkin immeiset: Jos haluatte juoda kupillisen kahvia ja kuunnella kun tää nuori ukkeli turinoi vanhemmista ukkeleista ja täällä Iissä olemisesta, niin nyt siihen olis elämänne tilaisuus. Ei muuta kuin kahvi tassuun ja äänet täysille.
http://www.korea.fi/OUL_IIN_VALOKUVAPROJEKTI_250615.mp3
Haastattelijana YLE Oulun toimittaja Kati Teirikko.
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
Thanks to all the opening guests who made their way to my exhibition opening through the autumn storm. It was really fun to see that also the Finnish Minister of Culture and Sport, Paavo Arhinmäki honored the opening at the Finnish Museum of Photography. –What a beautiful evening!
If you didn’t have a chance to visit the opening, don’t worry, the exhibition is still open until October 16th 2011.