This is just a quick post to say that my website has been refreshed to have a more minimal footprint, a way to find (easily maybe,) my open-access research or recent artworks and enjoy a pixelated dog. I am also now able to incorporate p5.js sketches and other fun things, so let's see what future brings. Please have a look around: https://www.thispagehassomeissues.com
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Today, the exhibition we have done together with Matti Vainio opens at the Viimsi Kunstikool gallery in Estonia. The exhibition continues our collaborative work and focuses on drawing at a very existential level, examining how a line forms and when it becomes part of something that might then affect the way the line forms. When does something become something else? In particular, when does a drawn line start to represent something figurative, emotional or logical? Is there a way for the line not do that? If yes, what happens then? These old (modernist?) questions intrigue us. For me, it shows…
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Here’s some things I enjoyed in 2025 Books: Read 32 books (academic text not included) The one that stuck out and the only one I gave five stars at Storygraph : Johannes Anyuru: De kommer att drunkna i sina mödrars tårar - Truly touching tale of racism, immigration, terrorism and the Nordic welfare society being transformed into a fascist regime. The detective book trio 1. Richard Osman: The Impossible Fortune, A Thursday Murder Club Mystery #5 - Did not disappoint! 2. Cosy crime: Mord under solen series by Anders de la Motte, and Anette de la Motte. - Italian landscape,…
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Exhibition at Gallerie Pleiku: Tomi Slotte Dufva: Beer as Material and Landscape I like beer. I am not alone – around 177.5 million kiloliters of beer are consumed worldwide each year. In Finland, the average annual consumption is approximately 72 litres per person – a considerable amount, yet only half of the impressive 184 litres per capita consumed in the Czech Republic. Beer is one of humanity’s oldest beverages, with a history stretching back thousands of years. The word “beer” derives from Germanic languages (bier, birra) and is connected to the Latin verb bibere, meaning “to drink.” In ancient Egypt,…
Read moreBeer as Material and Landscape After several years of brewing, my Stillebeer project is now maturing into an exhibition at Galerie Pleiku in Berlin. Here, beer becomes both subject and substance, medium and metabolism. Five beer paintings — IPA , Stout , Pilsner , Kveik , and Saison — gather in conversation; perhaps Gose will join them. These works are not fixed images but living processes. Each beer, brewed by me, is a non-pasteurised liquid organism — fermenting, breathing, and quietly transforming on the surface of the canvas. Over days and weeks, brightness softens, colour wanes, and yeast constellations might…
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Some time ago, I had the privilege of speaking with Professor Robert W. Sweeny about digital and art education. He shared many fascinating insights—read them below. Robert W. Sweeny In today’s rapidly evolving world, digital media continues to reshape how we learn, teach, and create. To explore these intersections, I sat down with Robert (Bob) Sweeny, a professor of art education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. With nearly two decades of experience, Bob is not only a leader in his field but also the founder of the Digital Visual Study Research Group. His latest book, Digital Visual Art Education: Making,…
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Some time ago, I had the privilege of speaking with Professor Ryan Patton about digital and art education. He shared many fascinating insights—read them below. Ryan Patton Ryan Patton is an associate professor and undergraduate program director of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). With a career spanning over two decades, Ryan has become a leading voice in exploring the dynamic intersection of technology and art education. His research and teaching delve into the evolving role of digital media, human-computer interaction, and the ethical and educational implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the arts and education. In this…
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