The Hybrid Instruments project has been generously supported by the Arts Council of Finland (Hämeen näyttämötaidetoimikunta).
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Hybrid Instruments (2022-)
Hybrid Instruments (2022-)
Instruments that can be used for both "music" and sport challenge the current discourse. Is "music" really a valid word if such hybrids can exist?
I have built instruments such as Hockey Stick Guitars, Badminton Racket Tambourines, the Paddle Bass, and other such hybrids. They can be used in their original purposes, but also can be played like guitars (etc.). They bring unique affordances, combining two distinct worlds of application.
A series of performances is planned for 2023. The show investigates what will happen when hybrid affordances are brought to the stage. Can it be properly described with current terminology, or is there a need for a language reform? If "music" isn't a sufficient word because of its dogmatic and thus crippled nature, how shall we then speak?
Lämmi (Slapshot) (2010)
Lämmi (Slapshot) (2010)
Prototype performance for the current Instrumental Theatre project.
Paddle Bass (2022)
Paddle Bass (2022)
The Paddle Bass, used for both paddling and for playing bass lines, on the beautiful Lake Aulanko.
Hockey Stick Guitar (2022)
Hockey Stick Guitar (2022)
The Hockey Stick Guitar is an electric guitar, but it is still a hockey stick, too.
Synesis Records: Albums, EPs and Singles (2019-)
Synesis Records: Albums, EPs and Singles (2019-)
Fusion jazz, ambient, experimental
54'27", HD video (1980p)
Töölönlahti: a Parable in Landscape (2014-2019)
Töölönlahti: a Parable in Landscape (2014-2019)
How does it all fit together?
This essay film presents Töölönlahti, a central area in Helsinki, Finland, as a parable: the area is like an orchestra, that never got to play any of the grand symphonies written for it, because these symphonies were too grand or otherwise practically impossible to perform. Many grand works of urban planning have been done since the late 1800s, and none of them have been realized. Even of Alvar Aalto’s celebrated design only the Finlandia Hall was built in this area.
The film presents four instrumentalists relating to the landscape in various ways, in a practical and pragmatic scale:
Juulia Pölönen, kantele;Ulf Krokfors, contrabass;Simo Hostikka, snare drum;Pessi Parviainen, guitar, alto clarinet, spinet.
Additionally, documentary material depicting everyday goings-on as well as events, like the Töölönlahti Moonlight Swim, intertwines with archival footage.
The film is the artistic component of Pessi Parviainen's dissertation at Theatre Academy Helsinki (UniArts Helsinki), in the area of sound design.
The work has been generously supported by the Kone Foundation, The Performing Arts Research Centre (Theatre Academy Helsinki, UniArts), the City of Helsinki, and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.
This essay film presents Töölönlahti, a central area in Helsinki, Finland, as a parable: the area is like an orchestra, that never got to play any of the grand symphonies written for it, because these symphonies were too grand or otherwise practically impossible to perform. Many grand works of urban planning have been done since the late 1800s, and none of them have been realized. Even of Alvar Aalto’s celebrated design only the Finlandia Hall was built in this area.
The film presents four instrumentalists relating to the landscape in various ways, in a practical and pragmatic scale:
Juulia Pölönen, kantele;Ulf Krokfors, contrabass;Simo Hostikka, snare drum;Pessi Parviainen, guitar, alto clarinet, spinet.
Additionally, documentary material depicting everyday goings-on as well as events, like the Töölönlahti Moonlight Swim, intertwines with archival footage.
The film is the artistic component of Pessi Parviainen's dissertation at Theatre Academy Helsinki (UniArts Helsinki), in the area of sound design.
The work has been generously supported by the Kone Foundation, The Performing Arts Research Centre (Theatre Academy Helsinki, UniArts), the City of Helsinki, and the Risto Mäenpää Foundation.
Bells (2010)
Bells (2010)
An interactive yet all-analog installation. Ringing bronze bells causes a reflective pool to vibrate, making light patterns on a wall.
Klangi: an international sound art exhibition, Aboa Vetus Ars Nova, Turku, Finland.
The Semi-Automatic Guitar (2008-2010)
The Semi-Automatic Guitar (2008-2010)
An Arduino-controlled device that hammers an electric guitar's strings, leaving the guitarist's picking hand free to do other things, such as to play a harmonica.
The Semi-Automatic Guitar was selected to participate in the 2010 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition at Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, USA), and the CARTES Flux Media Arts Festival in October 2010 (Espoo and Helsinki, Finland).
Vaskikannel (Bronze Kantele) (2003-2004)
Vaskikannel (Bronze Kantele) (2003-2004)
Cast bronze, guitar tuners, guitar strings, contact microphone. Width 60cm / 2 ft.
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