Mika Taanila’s record Stimulus Progression will be presented on May 29, 2015 at Bildrausch Filmfestival Basel, with an artist performance. The 10″ vinyl EP consists of muzak field-recordings in public places around Helsinki.
Record label: Apparent-Extent (Cologne)
Produced and mastered by Anton Nikkilä
Record produced in cooperation with Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
link to project at Apparent-Extent website
The exhibition The Powers That Be, on view at the Station Independent Projects in New York from July 17 to August 9, 2015, takes as its point of departure the knowledge of the body and the circulation of energy, more specifically the manifestations of physical energy. The thematic will be discussed through an ensemble of contemporary and avant-garde works of the past by Marcel Mariën, Erkki Pirtola, Mika Taanila and Danila Tkachenko. The exhibition is curated by Ilari Laamanen.
A rare screening of The Double – Russian Industrial Music and Low Tech Videos. It is a music video compilation made in 1993 by Anton Nikkilä and Mika Taanila. It draws together 11 film and video works made in the era of the first wave of Russian underground music videos – the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. It also features a documentary introduction shot in Moscow by the compilers in 1993. Subtitles in English. Duration 50 minutes. Followed by a concert of Modern Feelings (FIN/RUS).
link to The Double trailer on YouTube
The short film Thank You for The Music screens at 18:30 in Sorbus Gallery, Vaasankatu 15, Kallio, Helsinki as part of evening celebrating Heta Bilaletdin’s Dollarihymni exhibition and the release of Anton Nikkilä’s New Adult Contemporary album.
The film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow is part of the exhibition Lo que ha de venir ya ha llegado (“What It Is To Come Has Already Arrived “) at MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León in Spain from 24 January until 3 May, 2015.
Curators: Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes, Alicia Murría, Mariano Navarro
“”What It Is To Come Has Already Arrived” is the title of the project that examines the circumstances of the present moment based on what we expect, hope for or intuit about the immediate future. The exhibition attempts to sketch possible channels of future progress which, though not necessarily opposed to the prevailing systems in contemporary societies, do present alternatives that herald the advent of a different civic status quo.
The show encompasses multiple disciplines, using videos, installations, paintings, drawings and photographs by twenty-odd international contemporary artists and collectives to reveal one of the potential faces of utopia in today’s world.” (MUSAC)
SSEENNSSEESS, an audiovisual performance by Circle and Mika Taanila is part of Loud Silents Film Festival program in Tampere Finland 24-26 April 2015. The one hour show will take place at Tampereen Ylioppilasteatteri.
SILENCE-FICTION is a intimate solo show by Mika Taanila featuring works on silence. FISH Gallery / FixC cooperative 7-12 April, 2015, Alppikatu 17 lh 2 in Kallio, Helsinki. The exhibition is part on the annual AAVE Festival.
The Artist as Curator is the title of talks and discussion at the annual IHME Days in Helsinki. The participators are Dirk Snauwaert, Jenna Sutela, Simon Starling, Roger M. Buergel, Jyrki Siukonen and Mika Taanila. The event takes place at Vanha ylioppilastalo on Friday 27 March 2015 at 10–15h. Free entry.
Man and Science is part of group exhibition Typemotion. Type as Image in Motion at National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) from March 21 to May 31, 2015