{"id":12633,"date":"2016-07-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hippolyte.web35.neutech.fi\/2016\/07\/18\/paula-lehtonen-3\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T14:13:54","slug":"paula-lehtonen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/2016\/07\/18\/paula-lehtonen-3\/","title":{"rendered":"5 \u2013 28 Aug 2016 PAULA LEHTONEN <br>Harmaja +10  west-northwest 35m\/s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hippolyte.fi\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Harmaja10lansiluode35.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9901\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hippolyte.fi\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Harmaja10lansiluode35-1024x678.jpeg\" alt=\"Harmaja10lansiluode35\" width=\"980\" height=\"649\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paula Lehtonen\u2019s video installation shows us scenes that resemble a disaster movie taking place in Helsinki. Having lived in Helsinki since 2009, Lehtonen is fond of local scenery: \u201cAlthough I hope that the views won\u2019t change, I dream of a disaster that would spell an end to all laws and force survivors to start all over again. If only something really big would happen that would truly make a difference!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a city that has so far escaped natural disaster, inside the walls of an art gallery it feels safe to watch staged scenes of horror, although the real disaster may in fact be creeping in instead of crashing over our heads.\u00a0In her installation consisting of video footage, light and sound, Lehtonen uses the power of image to shape reality and technology to simulate nature.\u00a0Even when we understand their illusory power, images can induce the same sense of helplessness in us as forces of nature. The effect of moving images is particularly strong.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPaula Lehtonen<\/strong> is a Helsinki-based media artist who works with video installation and electronic art. In her work she uses conceptual devices and humour to explore the dilemma between technological society and primitive nostalgia for nature. Lehtonen graduated from the fine arts programme at Tampere University of Applied Sciences in 2008. She has an MA in New Media from MediaLab at Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture, earned in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"_4n-j fsl\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\"><strong>CONCERT on 25 August 2016, 7 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>On the Verge of a Catastrophe \u2013 Audiovisual Ambient at Hippolyte<\/em><br \/>\nAn audiovisual concert by Rasmus Hedlund and artist Paula Lehtonen is heard during the annual Night of the Arts, on Thursday 25th of August at 7 pm. Rasmus will play his dub emphasized set of ambient tunes, accompanied by Paula\u2019s (Vixen VJ) weather and nature oriented visuals &#8211; partly produced for her exhibition at Hippolyte. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1758382724375628\/\">Facebook-event<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n5 \u2013 28 August 2016<br \/>\nPAULA LEHTONEN<br \/>\nHarmaja +10, \u00a0west-northwest 35m\/s<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-content\">\n<p><strong>HIPPOLYTE STUDIO<\/strong><br \/>\nYrj\u00f6nkatu 8\u201310, courtyard, 00120 Helsinki, Finland<br \/>\n+358 9 612 33 44, www.hippolyte.fi<br \/>\nTue\u2013Fri 12\u201317, Sat\u2013Sun\u00a012\u201316<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image:\u00a0Paula Lehtonen: <em>Harmaja +10 \u00a0west-northwest 35m\/s<\/em>, video installation, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paula Lehtonen\u2019s video installation shows us scenes that resemble a disaster movie taking place in Helsinki. Having lived in Helsinki since 2009, Lehtonen is fond of local scenery: \u201cAlthough I hope that the views won\u2019t change, I dream of a disaster that would spell an end to all laws and force survivors to start all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-studio-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13166,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12633\/revisions\/13166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippolyte.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}