EDUCATION
2024 Doctoral degree in Fine Arts, The Academy of Fine Arts, The University of the Arts Helsinki (UNIARTS)
2012 MA in Documentary Film, Aalto-university (ELO), Helsinki Film School
2008 Bachelor of Art in Documentary Film, The Univ. of Art & Design in Helsinki (ELO)
ARTISTIC RESEARCH. PRESENTATIONS, EXPOSITIONS & ARTICLES
2024 IRTIKYTKETYISSÄ TILOISSA – POISSAOLEVAN KOSKETUKSIA KATVEESSA, Doctoral thesis in Fine Arts,
The Academy of Fine Arts, The University of the Arts Helsinki (UNIARTS).
2023 STITCHING TRACKS AS THE PRACTICE OF FLEEING, a presentation in the ”Geopolitics and art in the Nordic-
Baltic region” seminar, Reseach Pavillion, Helsinki 5th of June 2023.
ON OFF-CONNECTIONS, a presentation in the MMK seminar, Centre of Landscape and Culture of the Tallinn
University 18th of May 2023.
2021 Elisenvaara-Pieksämäki – hajonnut kone -peer reviewed exposition, published in the 17th
edition:”Everyday Utopias” of Ruukku Journal on artistic research
Disconnected Space, a participatory performance in the Research Pavillion #4 in Helsinki
Wrecked Machine a presentation, Peripheries in Parallax: Brave New Peripheries – conference,
Aalto–University, Helsinki, 22nd of Jan. 2021.
2019 Humanoid Studies presentation in Research Practices on Place event initiated by Through Phenomena
Themselves research cell, held in the Research Pavilion on the 13rd of May 2019.
On the ruins of a railway presentation in the Nordic Summer University Circle 7 Winter Symposium:
Departures, Deviations and Elsewheres, 7–10 March 2019, European Humanities University, Vilnius.
2018 Participation in "Naked on the Beach" On the Exposition of Artistic Research - Nida Doctoral School, Lithuania
Aug. 26.- Sep. 2nd in 2018.
2015 The Art of Metamorphosis – Other Spaces article, published in the TINFO News publication:
Sustainability, Resilience and Performance Utopias.
2013 Walking In Between Spaces presentation in the On Walking -Symposium, organized by
the University of the Arts Helsinki
Poetics & Politics of the Body presentation in the Poetics and Politics of Documentary Film – symposium
organized by ELO Helsinki Film School of Aalto-university.
LIVE ART (selected)
2020–2023 PROJECT RHIZOME by Other Spaces, a community art project, that was realized in collaboration with
the students of the Tehtaankatu Elementary School in Helsinki. Produced in collaboration with the Helsinki City Art
Museum (HAM).
2023 STITCHING TRACKS performance by the Disconnected Space Research Group, convened by Jaakko Ruuska,
co-produced by the Joensuu Art Museum & the Other Spaces collective. 17.-18. of June 2023 in Parikkala.
2021 Collection of Imaginary Beings performance by Other Spaces live art collective Co-produced by
Kampnagel Kunsthalle, 9th-10thof Oct. 2021 in Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
2019 Elisenvaara-Pieksämäki – Reconnections participatory performances in collaboration with Other
Spaces collective (in various locations from 17th of June until the 2nd of Nov. 2019).
2016 Ars Moriendi performance. A member of the artistic team. Premiered in the 23rd of November. in
Pluckhouse, Helsinki
Other Spaces collective: Alien Art performance. A Member of the artistic team. Premiered in the 22nd of April
in the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA (Finland).
2015 Other Spaces collective: Humanoid hypothesis performance. A Member of the artistic team. Premiered in
the 17th of February in the student campus library of the Helsinki University.
2014 Other Spaces collective: Wolf Safari performance. A Member of the artistic team. Int. premiere in the 16th of
October in the Nordwind: Urban species event in Kampnagel, Hamburg.
2013 Other Spaces collective: Olives and Stones performance. A Member of the artistic team. Performed in t
the 2nd and 3rd of July in the Scandinavian pavilion of The Venice Biennale.
Other Spaces collective: Car Park performance. A Member of the artistic team. Premiered in the URB13
festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA (Finland).
2010 Other Spaces collective: Reindeer Safari performance. A Member of the artistic team. Premiered in the
Theater Now festival of the Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA (Finland).
VISUAL ART (selected)
2024 CLAWS AND CONNECTIONS, a group exhibition on the practices of artistic research, Kuva/Tila gallery,
25th of Jan until the 25th of Feb. in the University of the Arts Helsinki.
2020 7- figuras para lo collectivo – group exhibition .4th of July .-31st of July Barcelona.
Curated by Erick Beltran Flores.
2018 Archipelago Mountain -group exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory 28th of Nov. until the 12th of Dec 2018,
Helsinki.
Min nimi on Laura Viljander (” My name is Laura Viljander”) exhibition held with Juha Salminen
in the Kymi Factory building.
2015 Helsinki-Savonlinna video installation in solo exhibition simultaneously presented in the Galleria Huuto,
Helsinki and the Lusto Finnish Forest Museum in Savonlinna.
2014 I recognize the lion - stone sculpture discoveries by Jouko Turkka. (Member of the artistic team),
presented in the Exhibition Laboratory Helsinki.
2011 On Strange Grounds, documentary photography exhibition. Presented in solo exhibition,
Photographic gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki.
FILMOGRAPHY (selected)
2023 RHIZOME (20 min), a documentary film about the Project Rhizome, found in the collections of
the Helsinki Art Museum.
2018 My name is Laura Viljander (20 min) site-specific short film, in collaboration with Juha Salminen.
Screened in Kuva Research Days (11th of Dec. 2019) & Third Space collective’s screening: Control (17th of
Oct. 2019).
2017 The Collaboration (32 min), documentary film. Directed, cinematographed and edited together with Sanni
Priha. Coproduced by the Uniarts Helsinki in cooperation with Aalto-university.
2016 The Nature of My Heart (59 min), documentary film. Director, cinematographer & Screenwriter, Hallava
Filmi production. Screened in Docudays UA International Human Rights Film Festival in 2017.