Author: miaseppala

Performanssi ja näyttely Tuorinniemen uimarannalla Helsingissä 25.8.2021. Performanssin ja näyttelyn kesto: 30:00 minuuttia. ---- Landscapes in the landscape Performance and exhibition at Tuorinniemi beach in Helsinki on August 25, 2021. Duration of performance and exhibition: 30:00 minutes. Tuorinniemi, Helsinki 2021, Mia Seppälä

Merimaiseman päivittäminen: työpaja ja näyttely, Hietsun uimaranta ja paviljonki Helsinki 5.6.-13.6.2021 https://www.uniarts.fi/tapahtumat/mia-seppala-merimaiseman-paivittaminen/ Updating the Seascape: workshop and exhibition, Hietaniemi beach and Hietsu Pavilion Helsinki 5.6.-13.6.2021 https://www.uniarts.fi/en/events/mia-seppala-updating-the-seascape/

Puupiirros digitaalisen ja fyysisen tilan alustana Taideyliopiston Kuvataideakatemia - Symposium 6.2.2021: Taidegrafiikan Tapa olla - materiality, collaboration and agency https://www.exhibitionlaboratory.fi/nayttely/taidegrafiikan-tapa Puupiirros menetelmän eräs poikkeuksellinen ominaisuus on katoavassa, peruuttamattomassa materian poistumisessa puuaineksen poistamisen seurauksena. Omakuvan pois kaivertamisesta jää puulaatalle tyhjä paikka. Jäljelle jääneen "ei minkään" uudelleen täyttyminen on luonteeltaan potentiaalista. Ehkä keskeinen filosofinen kysymys ei nykyään … Continue reading Hidas selfie – Slow selfie →

The summer was coming to an end, and the Barnacle geese gathered on the grass field of Porolahti in the same place as last spring, and the previous one. I was thinking, what if non-occurrence and lack of spectacle is exactly what maintains tension and potentiality? Maybe the geese don’t miss my experiments. So who … Continue reading Open call for geese →

I continued my experiments with Barnacle Geese. This time I showed the geese their self-portraits, and they seemed a little bit interested. At the same time, I received comments from passers-by who had paid attention to my choreography that followed the movements of the geese.

In April 2020, I worked at the mall of Itis, eastern Helsinki. Original idea was to ask people around the mall to participate in the off-painting process, but Covid-19 changed my plan.

SIBAFEST / Sun 26 Jan at 12.00, 14.00, 16.00 Sibelius Academy main entrance, Music Centre Duration: 60 min Admission free Making use of GPS technology, this sonic walk offers listeners a new perspective on the area around Töölönlahti bay. Listeners download an app, put on headphones and walk around Töölönlahti bay, hearing music created specifically … Continue reading SibaFest 2020 →

The sonic environment which surrounds the sentient. The hearer, or listener, is at the centre of the soundscape. It is a context, it surrounds and it generally consists of many sounds coming from different directions and of differing characteristicsé Soundscapes surround and unfold incomplex symphonies or cacophonies of sound. P. Rodaway, Sensuous Geographies. Routledge, 1994, … Continue reading MuTeFest 2019 →

Performance Nuijaus / Viikki, Purolahti and Kivinokka bird watching tower Helsinki. Duration: 4h.# I had received a hint of a rare bird in Purolahti, Viikki. I prepared for spotting by making a paper telescope for bird watching.