Now they are ready - "We Are Not Alone"

Today was the opening of The Papertail´s art installation called "We are not alone" at Annanpuisto, Turku. We didn´t know that there were some children´s event in the park at the very same time. It was quite exciting to watch what was going to happen. Most of the people got very happy when realizing what was hidden in the park. Some kids just wanted to ride the animals, kick them and others gave the animals we made some hugs. Yes. It was pretty exciting. If you are in Turku this week you can go to the Annanpuisto and check the animals ´til next Saturday! 

If you want to e-mail our collaboration project here is our brand new e-mail address: paperihannat@yahoo.com

Yes, we are the Papertails.

Happy times with my squirrel.

Some random dog went really crazy after seeing the badger. 

Minja and her jackdaws.

My fox is dreaming and enjoying the sun.

BADGER!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

Minja´s jackdaws. And that´s not all of them!

"Suuuuuuun!!!" shouts the Minja´s mole or "kontiainen". I don´t know the real name in English.

Minja is figuring out how to attach her badger in to the ground.

Meanwhile I´m having a staring contest with Minja´s sparrowhawk.

Lisää kuvateksti

My rabbits in the bush.

My eagle owl is watching and taking care of security of the park.

Olohuone 306,4 km² Urban Art Festival in Turku June 6th – 9th 2012

Hooray! It is time to get ready for a new art project. Me and Minja Tuomisalo are going to make an art installation of animals made out of papier maché. The project "We are not alone" is part of the Olohuone 306,4 km² urban art festival in Turku June 6th – 9th 2012. I really hope that no one is going to steal or destroy our animals, that are going to be placed in a park. I`ll post more pictures of finished animals after opening the exhibition.


Check out:  http://olohuone.org/en/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/350704524984203/ 

Decorations for the Back to Basics film festival

Night Visions Film Festival is the biggest film festival in Finland focusing on horror, fantasy, science fiction, action and cult cinema. The festival is arranged twice a year and the spring edition called Back to Basics takes place in April. I have been making decorations for the festival since 2009 with the help of my friends Sara Wahl and Minja Tuomisalo. It is always fun to figure out what kind of horror stuff would be nice to create for the next festival. 

This time we were celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Night Visions festival. It was quite obvious that we needed a birthday cake with a horror twist.

This was used for the cover of the festival´s catalogue. 

Yep, this is what I am talking about with the project pictures. Here is the beginning...

...and now it is ready! Tadah!

We also made some horror masks with Minja.
The green alien and the blue fishy mask are made by Minja.

Happy times at the festival!