Few weeks ago I had the chance to present a four channel sound work in Helsinki conservatory. It was based on the Band of Weeds’ Weep of trees but this time was a new version and a solo work by me. It was part of ”Under the Boughs” concert that mixed classical Baroque music and another contemporary composition by Carita Holmström. Päivi Vesalainen played the organ and harpsichord and vocals were by soprano Minna Nyberg. Tuukka Törneblom did the lights. Don’t have proper documentation of the concert but here are few photos at least 🌿🙃
”Arching”, 56x48cm, oil on canvas & acryl on wood, 2026.
Tämä ja kaksi muuta maalausta nähtävillä nyt viikonloppuna avautuvassa Taidemaalariliiton teosvälityksessä Kaapelitehtaalla ✨
”Unwound”, oil on canvas & acryl on wood, 37x35cm, 2026.
Tämä ja kaksi muuta maalausta multa tänä vuonna Taidemaalariliiton teosvälityksessä. Ennakkomyynti 22.2 saakka ja teokset nähtävissä Kaapelitehtaalla 7.3 alkaen 🌿
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Band of Weeds - The Weep of Trees, 2021–23
Band of Weeds transforms vegetal stress into music in The Weep of Trees, a sound installation on Vallisaari Island. The work is inspired by a poem from the Kalevala describing the lament of a birch. The birch bemoans its cruel treatment at human hands to the ancient bard Väinämöinen, only to be chopped down by the hero and turned into a kantele (zither).
The Weep of Trees is based on data collected at Hyytiälä Forest Station as part of a University of Helsinki research project studying stress responses in a 60-year-old commercial forest from which half the trees were felled.
Those left standing were fitted with sensors monitoring the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) they released before and after harvesting. The measurements confirm that the thinning of the forest elicited identifiable stress responses in the trees left standing. In The Weep of Trees, their lament is converted into music and combined with other sound material collected from trees and forests.
Weep of Trees by Lauri Ainala, Olli Aarni, Kalle Hamm and Hermanni Keko.
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Taidemaalariliiton teosvälitys jatkuu vielä tämän viimeisen viikonlopun ja siellä multa pari uutta teosta nyt saatavilla:
1. ”Nocturnal movements 4”
Öljyväri kankaalle
60x70cm
2025
2. ”Solstice”
Öljyväri kankaalle
44x38cm
2024
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