Film 4
You can find full credits for each of the works featured here on IMDb. The videos are both embedded on this page and available on my official artist channel on YouTube. There you can also find more information and some commentary in the text descriptions.
You Never Know What You’ll See in the Haunted Garden, Vol. 1
Book presentation, 2019. Leafing through the first volume of a three-part graphic novel set in the mysterious world of the Haunted Garden. Running time: 1:16. Aspect ratio: 16:9. I play The Reader.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, the book series here on this site and on Amazon.
Twelve Donuts Have I
Poetry reading, 2024. The author reads his poem “Twelve Donuts Have I”. Running time: 0:22. Aspect ratio: 16:9.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack (the audio of this reading) “‘Twelve Donuts Have I’ by Simo Sakari Aaltonen (Reading)” on Bandcamp as part of the album The 13th Tale, the book (Land of Youth & Beauty: Early Poems) here on this site and on Amazon.
June Train
Music video, 2017, remastered 2024. A train in Finland pulls out on its way and picks up speed. Running time: 2:17. Aspect ratio: 2.59:1.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack “June Train” on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive.
The Savage Blender
Music video, 2017. An evening view of downtown Tampere, Finland torn apart and fragmented, with music using a mysterious and perhaps sinister musical scale. Running time: 1:52. Aspect ratio: 4:3.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack “The Savage Blender” on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive.
The Bird in the Tree
Music video, 2017, remastered 2024. A view of abstract, moving swirls is pulled back on, revealing ever more of the full image. Running time: 3:35. Aspect ratio: 16:9.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack with a completely different title, “Beautiful and Dark Times in France”, on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive. The album also has an alternative version of this piece, called “Beautiful and Dark Times in France (Rusted Metal Bird Version)”.
Amiss, Film Falls Apart, Mail-Order Piano
Music video, 2017. Three images consisting of free vector art sabotaged in various ways. Running time: 2:43. Aspect ratio: 4:3. This is the only, single work in which I have ever used such free art created by others, nor will I ever do so again.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack “Amiss, Film Falls Apart, Mail-Order Piano” on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive.
Gray Winter Evening
Music video, 2015, remastered 2024. Views from the Finlayson area of Tampere, Finland in 2015. Running time: 0:48. Aspect ratio: 16:9.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, and the music appears as an embedded, enmeshed part of the track “Stream No. 1 (2024 Echolocation Version)” as part of the album The 13th Tale, which is on Bandcamp.
Night of Desolating Realisations
Music video, 2016. A moment with a city March hare. Running time: 1:44. Aspect ratio: 16:9.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack “Night of Desolating Realisations” on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive.
Drive Home No. 2
Music video, 2017. Abstract night drive down an Icelandic road. Running time: 1:53. Aspect ratio: 16:9.
Links: IMDb, YouTube, soundtrack “Drive Home No. 2” on Bandcamp as part of the album Early Music Archive.