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In this week's episode, we welcome multi media artist Johan Sandås following his solo exhibition at White Box in Jakobstad.

In keeping with the broad artistic references informing his work, we discuss everything from, brain scanning devices, wooden spoons - to this year's vegetable of the year. Through these diverse topics, Johan shares his perspectives on art and usefulness, beautiful data and his playful faith in following the wildest imaginative tangents.

For the last five years, Johan has been investigating the border between the real and digital to explore the world of the imagination. Using a combination of sculpture, hand tool woodworking and digital technologies, he explores the scale of real to unreal - where the 'world of ideas' offers him the creative space to follow connections in an intuitive and free-flowing way.

Johan Sandås (b 1981) lives and works in Jakobstad, Finland.

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In this week's episode, we welcome Göran to discuss the dialogical nature of art as an encounter a co-creative method of understanding and personal commitment.

In Görans words... ''The obstacles and difficulties we encounter in our interaction with works of art are very much like the obstacles in our everyday interactions with each other, obstacles that have different natures depending on the person and the context. And just as we cannot determine in advance the conditions for a successful human relationship, this cannot be done with regard to the relationship to a work of art. There is no method whatsoever that would guarantee a successful relationship, either when it comes to our relationships with each other or with different works. The fact that the meaning of a work of art first emerges in and through the encounter between the work and the recipient presupposes a co-creative personal commitment on the part of the recipient in order not to run amok. If a response were always absent, the works of art would remain mute. In the encounter with individual works of art, we are therefore faced with the task of finding our own personal relationship – something that makes it both easy and difficult. Easy because we can start digging where we stand. Difficult because it is ourselves we have to dig into.''

Göran Torrkulla (b 1949 in Kokkola) lives and works in Turku, Finland.

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Invisible cities podcast Episode 2: Simon Gripenberg

In this week's episode, we welcome visual artist Simon Gripenberg whose work deals with the vital topics of climate change, biodiversity and its loss

Through a playful and sensitive approach, Gripenberg combines the art and technology to explore themes around science, nature and biomimicry. Working primarily with recycled materials his projects include small and large scale exhibitions as well permanent public sculptures.

Talking from the beautiful location of Tankar island we discuss Simons thoughts on collaboration, sustainability and climate justice. We also explore how his background in engineering has informed his material approach and an enquiry of simple solutions to complex problems.

Gripenberg (born 1973) is a mixed media artist based in Jakobstad, Finland, from where he works across the Nordic region.

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Invisible cities Podcast Episode 1:Emilia Nurmivaara

In this week's episode, we welcome visual artist Emilia Nurmivaara, whose work explores the layered connections between space, memory, and emotion.

Emilia is known for her sensitivity in seeing beauty in places and moments that often go unnoticed – and for her ability to transform these experiences into paintings where the past and present meet. We talked about her creative process, sources of inspiration, and how personal spaces and memories become an integral part of her art.

The conversation also touches on the freedom of creation and the courage it takes to follow one's own path as an artist. Emilia Nurmivaara (b 1992 in Vanda) lives and works in Karleby, Finland. She is currently represented by Gallery Poulsen in Denmark.

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