Island, 2002
In collaboration with Eija Hakkola

Island was part of ArtGenda 2002 in Hamburg. We participated in a project called Pontonpark in which artists made proposals for floating objects situated in the canal area of Hamburg's harbour. Our idea was to build an artificial island from materials found in the surrounding areas. The task was quite demanding as there's a strong tide and the island was also supposed to support possible visitors. We used styrox as pontoon material. We collected it from a building site nearby and placed it in four big bags constructed from strong string net. On top of these joint "garbage bags", we built a wood and rope structure which was designed so that it would adjust to the movements of water in the canal. The shape of the structure resembled a spider's web. On this surface, we placed fabric and soil which we shoveled from the banks of the canal. There we planted tough weeds collected from the surrounding areas. We planted also two birch plants which had been brought along from Finland.

Kino Yöllisiä Kuvia, (Night Visions Cinema), 2002
In collaboration with Eija Hakkola

We were offered a possibility to make an exhibition in Gallery Profounders in Museokatu, Helsinki, on a very short notice. We decided to build an installation which could be viewed only from the street outside the gallery. Kino Yöllisiä Kuvia was a night-time cinema show for sleepless wanderers who happened to pass by. During daytime the window was covered with a red curtain. At nights the curtains were open and the cinema was in operation. On the white screen one could see shadows of two hands which were quickly painting changing visions and stories from dreams. Once an image was ready, the hands wiped the surface and started a new image on top of the remains of the old-one. The cinema was a combination of painting, animation and shadow-theatre. As a starting point we used our own dreams and worked together intuitively without too much pre-planning or talking.

Night-time Map, 2001

The installation Night-time Map was my graduation work from Glasgow School of Art. It was part of the MFA graduation show in Tramway, Glasgow. My own dreams with strong images of landscapes were the starting point for this installation. I wanted to create a map of the places I dreamed of. I used sea salt for its preservative and glittering, snowlike qualities. I built sugar top mountains out of the salt. I created a map of black felt blanket which I coated with salt water. As the water evaporated, the salt stains remained forming an unconscious map and landscape. On top of this landscape there was a video projection of hand written text which slowly glid over the felt blanket. The text depicted landscapes from my dreams and happenings in those places. Also part of the installation was a black and white video, Wallpaper. In this video a person is sleeping on a bed. As she turns, the pattern of the wallpaper turns into a swarm of butterflies fluttering their wings.

Salt Coats, 2001
In collaboration with Tamares Goh

Salt Coats was a sound and smell installation situated in a black, round cellar space in Glasgow. We filled a glass tank with strong salt water. The water was dripping through thin copper pipes forming varying rhythms as the drops hit iron cymbals. Some of them had their convex side up, the rest their concave side up collecting the water. As the water was saturated with salt, the iron soon became rusty. The whole space was filled with the sound of drops hitting the cymbals and the smell of rust.

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Divers, 1998
In collaboration with Jussi Saivo

Divers was an installation situated in a basement room in Gallery Rajatila's former exhibition space in Tampere. The cellar was divided in two rooms. The first one was filled with moving boxes, furniture and other personal belongings from somebody's home. In the centre, there was an old iron bed. A video projection of a person diving slowly under water was projected onto a metal grid which acted as the bottom of the bed.
The floor of the second room was covered with growing grass. Above the grass white sheets were hanging from drying ropes. Together with worksite lamps they formed a labyrinth where visitors could wander about. The smell of soil, grass and clean sheets was strong. On the last sheet there was again a video projection of another diver.

Hands, 1998
In collaboration with Sanna-Mari Pirkola

Hands was a video projection on a table covered with white table cloth. There were also two chairs facing each other around the table. Viewers could sit on the chairs and watch little episodes happening on the surface of the white cloth. Hands appeared in the video projection and surreal, dream-like things began to happen.