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Knife as an entry ticket to a state of higher entropy

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I definitely like working outside the most. You often cannot predict the course of the day, even if you want to concretize your thoughts in a certain format. I set out to film the new demolition animation in the field with the idea that the photos would have as much daily rotation as possible. I definitely wanted to film the piece in one day so that the conditions would remain the same as possible and also to challenge myself to a proper battle with the piano.

I struggle with the piano non-stop for about 12 hours and after that I laid on the floor for a couple of days.

Everything imaginable was recorded in the photos, but the most beautiful frame was perhaps this one a( very clear photo of) national bird of Finland, the whooper swan. The day started in the dark, sometimes the sun shine through the clouds and the day ended with a snowfall.  During filming, I also followed the cranes migration and feeding.

What is it like to be part of this landscape? My works often talk about a person's place in a great cycle. We leave huge traces of the past and imagine that the future is open. An open future would mean a world without the weight of yesterday. You can jump into tomorrow mentally clean, but the products you order from Temu will be part of the landscape permanently. At least until the last atom on Earth is free.

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My solo show Good Boy opens tomorrow @ Gallery Pimento / Oulu /Finland

17.00-19.00.

Welcome!

https://artoulu.fi/nayttely/jukka-silokunnas/

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So many years of looking.

But never looking backwards.

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Here we go again!

Keyboard is the biggest object I have ever tried to grate. Exciting to see if the grater will survive this historcal chunk of elctronic junk.

Grated is a series of everyday objects grated with a cheese grater. One grater and one object. Duel to the death with no other tools allowed. Ultimate man vs. plastic endurance test.

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Mass/acceleration/force. 2020

 8 ounce hammer hit with 16 ounce hammer 2020 times.

16 ounce hammer used for hitting 8 ounce hammer 2020 times and which has been hit with 20 ounce hammer 2020 times.

20 ounce hammer used for hitting 16 ounce hammer 2020 times.

Entropy 1. Haihara Art center 2020.

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I have been feeling happy an humbled since The Finnish National Gallery acquired my newest stop motion demolition animation to their collection. It´s overwhelming to realize that me a little kid who just likes to break stuff has been approved to the same company as the "poika ja varis" and "Taistelevat metsot" as part of the finnish culturual heritage.

I have always been following my own heart. Trying to do stuff that truly matters to me. Doing things that I enjoy and things which makes me feel uncomfortable. Being the best possible me is not an easy task for anyone but its the only (not the easiest) way to live if you want to truly know who you are.

Thank you universe from putting the atoms together in the right place just for me to pick them up and separate them again.

Pictures

Original piano at the field with demolishing tools.

The piano with the axe. (most used item on this demolition)

Final sonata with the second piano acquired for the sound.

The second piano ready to be destroyed with a car.

The second piano splattered acros the road after being pulled with the car (if you wish to see that video you have to see my other work "kaikki on perseestä"

The soundboard of the second piano with keyboard parts stuffed between the strings for recording the D/composition sonata.

The remains of the second piano for making the nature sounds for the final stop motion animation.

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I sent Local Lump to the orbit and it came back radiating @Jyväskylän Taidemuseo @ City of lights festival.