Aino Louhi

	12.3.2010


	Still untitled and in progress (2010)

	Silent but moving I thought I should make a note here -I'm still around, but concentrating on painting new, and there's not much to talk about. I will be active in the exhibition field next fall and before that me and Kaija Papu will publish new Kuvatus3 -comic and take it and all the others to the Summer exhibition of Purnu. We are also taking part of an interesting symposium abroad in the summer, exciting... More about that a bit later!

	04.11.2009


	GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari/ GEOMAGIKA: The World Begins in a Dark Class Room (2009)

	Updating Art and Cutting Out Space If you live too far away from Tampere to visit just for art's sake, you can have a little quickie in my own private gallery in ART. I just put there some pics of my most recent work Valosaari, not to mention me and Kaija Papu's summer romance with knitty Pitsihilli. At the moment I'm working on a group exhibition in Lastenkulttuurikeskus Rulla (Children's Culture Centre) here in Tampere. The theme of this show is Space and I will be cutting my universe out from sticker paper. The exhibition opens on the 8th of December 2009 and is open 'til the beginning of next year.

	21.9.2009

	Sesam opening! I've had some nerve-wrecking yet exciting weeks with preparing and building up my installation "GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari" (which I decided to translate not so literally to "The World Begins in a Dark Class Room") for The Fourth Pirkanmaa Triennial in Art Museum of Tampere. Finally my work is done and you can go and check it out! Knitting team Louhi/Papu also had time to put up a little installation in front of the Museum. Besides the Museum, Triennial is spreading around Tampere from MEDIAtunnel all the way to Pispala Contemporary Art Center.


	A Sketch for GEOMAGIKA: Valosaari (The Day Begins in a Dark Class Room) (2009)
	The schedule and opening hours for all the different parts of this spectacle: Tampere Art Museum 19.9.2009- 3.1.2010 Tue-Sun 10am-6pm Art Center Mältinranta 19.9.- 6.10. 2009 Mon-Thu 12pm-6pm, Fri-Sun 12pm-4pm MEDIAtunnel 18.9.-15.10.2009 You can pass this tunnel ANY time of the day! Hiekka Art Museum 19.9.-21.12.2009 Tue-Thu 3pm- 18pm, Sun 12pm-3pm I Forgot to Recycle! I've had so many things going on that I forgot to inform everybody about an exhibition Kierrätystä ("Recycled") in the Art Museum of Riihimäki, Finland. Kaija Papu and I recycled Woolly Panties of One-legged Queen into a light pole in Riihimäki as part of this fine show. It's on from 11th of September 'til 29th of November, 2009.



	Me and Kaija Papu putting up our work Pitsihilli in the centre of Hyvinkää in June 2009. Statue Hitsaajat is made by Mauno Oittinen in 1960's. Photo by Kristiina Louhi.

	30.5.2009


	Yksijalkaisen kuningattaren villahousut, 2009, Gallery Huoltamo, Photo by Kaija Papu

	Sense of Reality....what’s that!?!? Taju09 –Todellisuuden taju is the summer show of Hyvinkää's Artist Association and Art Museum in Hyvinkää, and it’s curated by artist Teemu Mäki who was sensible enough to invite me and Kaija Papu to knit something awesome for the exhibition. We’ve had our twosome sweatshop for the past month and after square metres of hard work we’ll be ready to exhibit our piece among others, starting from 11th of June 2009 when the opening takes place in the centre of Hyvinkää. More about Taju09 and our artwork in www.todellisuudentaju.com. Oh yeah, and a million thank’s to Nordia Produkter, HITOMI and all the people who donated a great deal of beautiful, colorful yarn for us! Knitters United You can read about me and Kaija Papu and our knit-o-mania in the June issue of Voima magazine. Thank’s to Jari Tamminen for the enthusiastic interview and Klaus Welp for the amazingly fun photoshoot in the sea of yarn, and ice creams, yummm.. As you can learn from Voima, I'm coming to Pax Festival in Alppipuisto, Helsinki in the end of June and gather people to work on some beautiful knit tags for the urban surroundings. If you are intrested in participating, just show up in the park in 27th-28th of June 09. However, it’d be nice to know that someone is coming, so if you’re up for it, contact me at aino(at)kaino-kustanne.com. If you have no idea how to knit, I’ll teach you, and if you still don't know how, you can always make pom poms for my installation Pom Pom Puu. Triumph of Art Finally I'm allowed to reveal a secret! I was invited to the 4th Triennale of Pirkanmaa, which means I’ll be exhibiting my GEOMAGIKA in Tampere Art Museum in the fall 09. Other artists in the Triennale include Kaija Papu, Sami Sänpäkkilä, Sanni Seppä, Henrietta Lehtonen, Minna Suoniemi, Kati Roover, Tomas Regan, Jan Anderzén, Antti Pussinen, Jarno Vesala, Fanni Niemi-Junkola and Krister Gråhn, just to name a few, so I know it’s gonna be one gorgeous bash of art!

	23.2.2009

	Lovely! Me and Kaija Papu were awarded by the Foundation of Environmental Art of Finland, who chose our “Happiest Tree in the World” as Environmental Artwork of the year 2008 together with Helen Evans’ and Heiko Hansen’s “Green Cloud”. We are very proud of this honour and thank the Foundation of Environmental Art for the nice event and kind words! Hot town summer in Hyvinkää! Me and Kaija Papu were also invited to xzibit our art in Art Museum of Hyvinkää for their summer exhibition TAJU2009. Coolio! One-legged Queen is showing her long-johns in Gallery Huoltamo's 3-year-anniversary exhibition MEGALOMANIA. WHOOT!!? It's me and Kaija's beautiful knit graffiti of course. Go check it out in Suvantokatu 4, Tampere. The exhibition goes on 'til 22nd of March, but maybe queen won't take her panties off so soon...



	...I would like to thank all the people who visited “Planetaario” in Studio Mältinranta, all the critique and analysis, Mältinranta staff, Kaija, Eino, and most of all, all the sweethearts who lent their planets for the exhibition. The show’s over for now, but let’s not be sad! Another one is on its way!


	06.01.2009

	Warm Welcome to my surprise exhibition opening in Artcenter Mältinranta on Fri 23rd of January, 6-8pm! The exhibition is called GEOMAGIKA: Planetaario (Planetarium) and it’s an installation of a scientist’s lab where one is sketching the Universe. The show goes on ‘til 10th of February and is open Mon-Thu 12-18 and Fri-Sun 12-16 in Kuninkaankatu 2, Tampere. Check it out laddies!




	Sketching Milky Way

	Forget New Year’s Resolutions and join us on the dancefloor! Next Kaino Clubs on the 28th of January and 18th of February ’09 in Night Club Doris (Aleksanterinkatu 22, Tampere). Very special “syrup on the dancefloor”-theme in February. I promise to play some of these: 1. Camera Obscura: Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken 2. Nouvelle Vague: Making Plans for Nigel 3. Rättö ja Lehtisalo: Ihanan syyllinen pallokala

	20.11.2008


	Finally my website is open!



	I just found out that I’m having an exhibition next January in Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere, Finland. That will keep me busy for the next two months! More info when I know what I’m doing. But before that we should all party some So come to nightclub Doris (Aleksanterinkatu 22, Tampere) on Wednesdays 26th of Nov and 17th of Dec to see and hear mighty DJ’s Spektri-Petri (yours truly) and Risto Paristo play their favorite tunes. I promise to play at least these songs: 1. Leonard Cohen: So long, Marianne 2. Paavoharju: Tyttö tanssii 3. Joanna Newsom: Peach Plum Pear



	More info about our club from www.ravintoladoris.fi and www.kaino-kustanne.com