Disembowelment is an assemblage/sculpture made out of the artist’s old cassette tape collection, consisting mostly of 1980’s underground metal demo tapes and live recordings obtained by tape-trading.

Disembowelment also has a performative aspect. It can be turned into a live plunderphonic instrument with a number of cassette decks, mixer and sound system operated by the artist.

2016
Mixed-media installation
220 cassette tapes, 440 nails and a crochet hook on plywood
180cm x 144cm

Disembowelment
Phase 2 – attached to wall.

Pictured on display as part of Valekuolema solo exhibition at Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland, 2016.

Valekuolema brings together several individual artworks with conceptual parallels under one exhibition. The underlying theme connecting the works deals with the entanglement between matter, memory and personal identity.

The exhibition contains mixed media works – videos, object collages, sculptures and something else. The source material for all works contains material the artist has collected in their previous life – audio and video tapes, toys, records, pictures, letters and other things.

Disembowelment
Phase 3 – on the floor, with a vintage cassette player on stand.

Pictured on display as part of “Feedback” solo exhibition at Galleria 2, Pirkkala, Finland, 2017.