hauntopolis
pumpeli prizes for oulu music video festival 2026
six pumpeli award artworks
á approx 20 x 30 cm
screen print on surplus wood
each of the six works is unique
the awards respond to omvf’s 2026 theme, hauntopolis, where ghosts of the past haunt both the city and its online archives.
the objects are part certificate of honour, part sculpture: screen prints on surplus wood.
alongside ink and wood, the works draw on architectural photographs of oulu uploaded to wikipedia under a cc0 license in the 2000s and 2010s by the user estormiz, cropped more tightly than the originals and halftoned for screen printing.
the 2026 pumpeli awards suggest that the built environment and web servers are kin to one another, both layered and, at times, even transcendent spaces, where the most interesting traces of the past are often found by wandering around and by chance.
off places
as a part of the
summer rain
group exhibitionhenri airo + toivo heinimäki
helsinki kunsthalle, fi
17.5.–3.8.2025
more info: taidehalli.fi
tetris
fotofestiwal łódź 2026
poland
18.–28.6.2026
helsinki, the capital of finland, is currently living through what is known as its ”second wave of demolition”. the shortening lifespan of the built environment reveals something about our culture: repairing and reusing what already exists continues to lose ground to economic interests.
tetris focuses on architecture in helsinki from the 1980s and 1990s, a building stock that has received little formal protection. these buildings and areas do not always meet current aesthetic or functional ideals, and their cultural-historical value tends to be underestimated as a result. yet for many helsinki residents who grew up during that era, particularly in the suburbs, these buildings form an essential part of everyday memory and urban identity. the project sets out to document this disappearing environment before it vanishes or is transformed beyond recognition.
