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Sam Lake at the Utopia Exhibition.

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samlakewrites Theatre of the Absurd, my art collaboration with @ryhanensami @onnellisensepanpaja and @petrialanko has found its way to @remedygames HQ 🔥 🕺 🥰

Hmmm, maybe it could also find its way into one of our future games 👀

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Theatre of the Absurd

The tree of life is dead We forgot to water it and Climate change did the rest

But this just announced It’s being rebooted as Something sexier Based on a questionnaire Focus tested with the target demographic The tree of death!

Not that you’d notice In your impenetrable bubble Protected by the algorithm and the AI Drip-fed more of the same Nothing but more of the same You watched this so here is more of the same Dumbing you down, numbing you down Posting selfies for likes Please like this sculpture, this poem Like, like, like It’s all been said before but like, like, like

And when I look at you from my bubble I see my own face reflected From the mirror surface of yours (Like, like, like, emoji heart) My smile distorted and too wide

Welcome to the world (wide web) tree of death The triple double yew Yggdrasil (dot com)

Hit that like button Smash that like button

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Sculpture: Sami Ryhänen Poem and Voice-Over: Sam Lake Sound Design: Petri Alanko

Video: @aj.kaikuru

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I absolutely loved working with the brilliant Sami Ryhänen on Theatre of the Absurd. Art collaborations when it clicks are my favorite thing. There was plenty of that in Alan Wake 2, but it's very liberating to do that outside games and purely as art. Sami contacted me and suggested this and I'm so happy I said yes. I wrote the poem, he created the sculpture and Petri Alanko recorded my voice-over and created the audioscape (you need to visit the gallery to get the full experience). The Utopia exhibition is open till the end of August. (X)

Photos by Antti-Jussi Kaikuru.

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matleenak Two months ago we opened our beautiful summer exhibition Utopia, Onoma cooperative's 31st!

Sadly today we only have two weeks left until closing it - so if you haven't visited us yet,

On the opening day our photographer Antti-Jussi Kaikuru took some wonderful photos of all the happy faces, artists and staff. Most artists could make it to the celebration! Thank you @aj.kaikuru

@onomaexhibitions are open until the 31.8. every day 11-18. Remeber to bring your @museokortti @epassifinland @edenredfinland @icomofficiel or any other concession card you might have!

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Sam Lake and Ilkka Villi at the Utopia Exhibition.

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Sam Lake at the Utopia Exhibition.

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Sam Lake at the Utopia Exhibition (X)