NYT:

2013/06/05-08
Olohuone 306,4km2 Urban Art Festival

Onnellisuuskioski
(toteutus Niko Skorpio & Satu Karhumaa)
Yliopistonkatu/kävelykatu, Turku
5-7.6. klo 13-17

Oletko asettanut itsellesi sääntöjä, jotka mahdollisesti rajoittavat elämääsi? Usein ihmisen ja onnellisuuden välissä on vain ihminen itse. Onnellisuuskioskilla voit irrottautua rajoitteista ja aloittaa uuden, onnellisemman elämän. Tule ja vapaudu!

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TULOSSA / FORTHCOMING:

2013/06/14 – 08/31
Stockfors Art Fair
Pyhtää

2013/07/02-28
Group exhibition in Humppila

HIVE
Video * two versions for installation (loop) and screening
HD 1080p; 02:08
2013

(vimeo preview 720p only)

INTAC 2012/2013 in Seoul, South Korea for our group exhibition: 트라이얼로그/Trialogi/Trialogue

Photo: Shanon Fujioka

Some Friends

Series of photographs (2013-)
Ongoing project, current count 9 images
Pigment print, 200cm x 100cm each

In this series, I photographed the screen of my laptop, focusing on images my onlines friends had posted as their profile pictures in social networks. None of the images portray the actual persons but some public figures instead. Magnified, the images begin to lose facial characteristics and become vast fields of red, green and blue dots.

The ways we build our online profiles reflects back on how we perceive ourselves. Likewise, the ways we communicate with other people shapes our thinking. What will we become in the world dominated by social networks and mobile communication?

3rd Mind (for Bill & Brion)
HD video, 2013

3rd Mind (for Bill & Brion) combines combines experimental, fictional and documentary material. Whenever two creative minds congregate, a third mind emerges – a synergetic force that guides the collaboration of the two. Opposites complement each other.

Inspired by Brion Gysin & William S. Burroughs, this video is a personal homage to them and a kind of response to their film collaborations with Antony Balch.

“The third mind is there when two minds collaborate.” (WSB)

Live footage for documentation purposes only. Despite (lack of) audio recording quality and substandard projection setup, this should give you some idea of where I’m currently going.

Live in Helsinki 2013/01/25 [part 1/5]

Time to put an end to all endings, and focus on NEW BEGINNINGS. Enjoy yourselves and step forward, the future awaits, eager and open wide!
Here’s some disco music for machine elves, in case you encounter some on the way to yourself.

KARNI MATA : Singularity
rice4rats 2012 r4r002

0.1 Singularity (2012 mix) 03:54
0.2 Singularity (hyperspace mix) 07:07
0.3 Singularity (ego melt dub) 04:12
0.4 11000BC (intro) 03:23
0.5 Singularity (origin) 04:48

Released 21 December 2012. Written by Karni Mata 2010-2012. 0.1 remixed by Karni Mata. 0.2 remixed by Ultraterrestrial. 0.3 remixed by Niko Skorpio. Dedicated to Terence McKenna. r4r002 rice4rats 2012. www.rice4rats.com

RE_V — the fifth video for the RE Project, by Niko Skorpio

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RE is a multi-narrative collaboration project; it is based around the idea of story telling with the use of symbols (characters, scenarios, etc…). These symbols are meant to be very open to different interpretations so that the artists are able to create or change the meaning of these symbols in a way that is open and as uncontrolled as possible.

Guidelines

The only requisite is to use video. Regarding everything else, the artist is given complete and utter freedom to continue with the story however they want, so the use of imagery, continuation of the story, addition of new characters, reference of past scenes, creation of new situations/conflicts, etc… are totally up to the artist.

Current artists that are part of RE:

Niina Kiiveri, Eve Heino, Anu Mustonen, Laura Lehtinen, Niko Skorpio, Riikka Enne, Jung A Kim, Soo Hyun Kwon, Pat Navarro, Jessica Maltais, and Gabriel Gutierrez.

See also: INTAC – International Art Collaborations

From now on, my music is available in instant downloads and physical objects (fancy term for CDs and vinyl) here:

music.nikoskorpio.net

(Powered by Bandcamp, also nikoskorpio.bandcamp.com if DNS fails us)

This includes most of the releases from the last 15+ years. I’ve added some bonus tracks wherever available. Some stuff is not up yet, but missing links will surface once we have the time… same goes for selected other projects I am or have been involved in.

What’s more, brand new sounds are on the way, admittedly slowly but rather surely.

“Music is futile and malicious.” – Werner Herzog

Met some furry friends at Happiness Kiosk

Some photos from Seoul, May 13-24. Part 2.

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Some photos from Seoul, May 13-24. More to come.

Hongdae, Seoul. Photo by Lee Hee Eun.

트라이얼로그 / Trialogi / Trialogue

2013/05/18-22
INTAC — 트라이얼로그/Trialogi/Trialogue
Group exhibition; Gallery Illum, Seoul, South Korea

INTAC information & process