2020, 13 min, 2.35:1 Three women wander alone through solitary landscapes in a poetic short western. Fragmented shots reframe gendered narratives of heroism, gaze, corporeality, and communality. Directed by ILONA LEHTONEN Produced by HELENA ALEKSANDROVA & TIA HASSINEN Writer, Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist, Graphic Designer: ILONA LEHTONEN Art Director, Asst. Dir.,...

Phantasmagoria is a feminist multi-channel video and sound installation combining high fashion to the world of camp horror film. The work is co-directed with Tia Hassinen. Phantasmagoria explores the gendered experience of fear in culture, in which the female body is still widely considered as a...

Audiovisuaalinen konsertti marraskuu 2019 Aalto Aesthetics on seinäjokelainen valotaidefestivaali, jonka ajan Aalto-keskuksen rakennusten sisä- ja ulkoseiniin heijastetaan valoa ja videotaidetta. Toteutin vuoden 2019 festivaalille yhteistyössä Janiv Oskárin ja Aino Mätön kanssa immersiiviset visuaalit Lakeuden Ristissä järjestettyyn ambient-konserttiin. Käytössämme oli Euroopan suurin dome-linssinen videoprojektori, jonka kuva-ala peitti 47...

Music video for KNOW THYSELF by Smolalienbaby is directed by Victoria Zolotukhina and Helen Aleksandrova and shot by me alongside Helen. I did the hand-held shooting and captured movement and close-ups, while Helen operated another camera on tripod, getting the big picture. Additional low-res selfies...

2018 Teos on kestollinen performanssi, joka käsittelee (kansallista) identiteettiä ja kuinka muokkaamme sitä. Mikä on alkuperäistä ja mitä on olla aito? Mistä identiteettimme rakennuspalikat tulevat? Kuinka valitsemme mitä vaalimme ja mitä hylkäämme? Kolme esiintyjää toistavat samankaltaisia eleitä ilman alkua tai loppua. Jokainen on saanut satunnaisen määrän nauriita...

An editorial short film by Janiv Oskár. Directed by JANIV OSKÁR Producer: JAAKKO RINNE Cinematography: LAURI HARJU Assistant Director & VJ: ILONA LEHTONEN Composers: RINGA MANNER, SAMULI KUKKOLA, JANIV OSKÁR Colorist: JUHA VAUHKONEN Model: GRETA SECKA Fashion & accessories designer: MINDI PEKOLA Hair & make-up artist: BINTA JABBI Assistants: KALLE MARJAMÄKI, HENRI OSKÁR ...

Cyclogenesis on säveltäjäkollektiivin Antila-Hakula-Jouste-Pörsti teos, joka kantaesitettiin osana Tampereen Design- ja Arkkitehtuuriviikkoa 29.8.2017. Teoksen teemat nousevat muutoksesta, myrskystä, jonka jälkeen tavallisuus tuntuu erilaiselta, ajan syklisyydestä, kiertokulusta. Cyclogenesis on sävelletty juuri Planetaarion erityiseen tilaan ja akustiikkaan. Cyclon Ensemble: Pessi Jouste, viulu Mikko Antila, perkussiot Ville-Veikko Airaniemi, sähkökitara Akseli Porkkala, kontrabasso Anna Hakula,...

2016 ViMMA is a student association for two Aalto University's programs; Visual Culture and Contemporary Art (ViCCA) and Curating, Managing and Mediating Art (CuMMA). Word 'vimma' in Finnish means a rage or mania, a big urge to do something with passion. ViMMA's logo was created...

"The boat Illusia, originally built as a fishing boat in Russia in the 60's, now opens its doors to 13 international multidisciplinary artists, who will connect territories, minds and souls in motion through the occupation of de-contextualized spaces for contemporary art. SOAK questions the pre-conceived...

Identity for SOAK, the first exhibition organized under the name of d/func.t collective. SOAK was held in M/S Illusia, originally built as a fishing boat in Russia in the 60's. The exhibition questioned the pre-conceived ideas we have concerning cultural spaces and wished to create new...

A music video by Janiv Oskar for "Lahja", taken from Oranssi Pazuzu's fourth studio album "Värähtelijä" (2016, 20 Buck Spin & Svart Records). I offered help in directing and acting. Music by Oranssi Pazuzu Directed by JANIV OSKAR Cinematography: LAURI HARJU Assistant Director: ILONA LEHTONEN Colors: JUHA VAUHKONEN Edited by JANIV...

2015 This site-specific swing hangs from a huge hook in ADD-lab, Espoo. It was a result of the course "Immersion. Experiments in Spatiality and Multisensority" that examined space and spatiality as the starting point and medium of artistic expression. This piece was a collaboration with Petra...

Hakula, Thureson, Lehtonen, Levonoja 64 pages, English 2015, SAFA “The Other Guide to Tampere” presents several slightly different perspectives to a city. The guide deals with local phenomena and asks questions about the city and its people. The comic engages in conversation with a variety of local characters:...

"What was I talking about?" 2014 16:9, 25:00 Documentary / Video installation Voices from several directions overlap one another restlessly. Two screens play different videos at the same time – it’s almost impossible to keep track of both of them. One stimulus follows another and forces the eye to...

2013 Black and white analogue print "A deep emotional state of nostalgic or profound melancholic longing for an absent something or someone that one loves. Moreover, it often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing may never return." "A vague and constant desire for something that...

2012–2016 event organizer, brand designer Y-Festivaali, a festival of generation Y, started out as a gallery project with a small group of art students from Tampere University of Applied Sciences. It soon grew up to be a full festival showcasing our generation's talent from various fields of...

"Current" 2012 Inkjet print During the summer 2012 I photographed members of generation Y at their homes. Generation Y is the term for people born between early 1980’s and middle 1990’s. The generation is referred to as “net generation”, and its typical features are free values, the demand...