http://oree.storijapan.net/ A public utility company advocating sustainable design and egalitarian work culture since 2007. https://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/fairchild/ Current stock available on webpages. First transistor international delivery. Expected to be used to build a Paths eurorack unit. Available as long as the stock lasts. Mon, 3 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200 https://oree.storijapan.net/in-memoriam/outi-heiskanen/ Thank you for your compassion, wisdom and the infinite depth of your stories. Visionary teacher, friend, colleague and source of endless inspiration. We will carry on as long as there are jokes to be told.Our path is set on the groundwork you laid forth. Sat, 12 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/fairchild/ Need a FJN3303R transistor? You are in luck. Ore.e Ref. has a few units to spare and we are committed to delivering you the required FJN3303R NPN transistors. Send us an SMS or give us a CALL and we will mail you the amount you request. The chips will packed is protective electrostatistic materials and sent to you for FREE. Available as long as the stock lasts. See website for details. Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200 https://frame-finland.fi/en/programme/rehearsing-hospitalities/gathering-for-rehearsing-hospitalities-autumn-2021/ Drawing on Eero Yli-Vakkuri’s (Ore.e Ref.) ongoing research with horses, this outdoor session offers an insight into the daily work of the mounted police and the life of the horses which the police employ. The presentation includes a short introduction to the training methods that the mounted forces deploy when performing crowd control in public spaces. The participating group will be tasked to perform light physical exercises designed for dealing with confrontational encounters. A descriptive video: https://youtu.be/elru7vIjBFI Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20210604_non-sitting-stuff-not-about-horses-vol0.pdf The Non-Sitting-Stuff-Not-About-Horses-vol0 publication is based on a collective online study-journal which was written during the spring of 2021 by participants of the Horse and Built Environment course for Aalto University (UWAS-C0071). Group members met weekly at the Kaarelan ratsutalli stables, discussed horse and animal matters and observed horses while executing various stable chores. During a six week period the group succeeded in tiling a floor in the main stable, demolishing an old storage, planting grass and performing a plethora of other maintenance tasks. The group’s activity intertwined with the daily routines of the stable and was periodically interrupted with horse handling exercises, lectures and discussions. Organised with Pietari Kylmälä. Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/p3rm46r4ff171/ Ore.e Refineries was contracted in 2021 to produce an artwork for the Pori Art Museum ”Performing the Fringe" exhibition. The exhibition was curated by Inga Lāce and Jussi Koitela and presented works by Lara Almarcegui, Kipras Dubauskas, Valentina Karga, Flo Kasearu, Michèle Matyn, Andrej Polukord, Asbjørn Skou, Urban Fauna Lab and Jon Benjamin Tallerås. Ore.e Ref. produced a series of permagraffiti for the exhibition. The permagraffiti was made by carving the outlines of existing quarry graffiti to the granite bedrock using chisels. Some outlines were embedded with steel rods and others cut to the surface usingan angle grinder. In total some 45 graffitis were engraved. Carvings made are between 0.5-2cm in depth. More on the exhibition http://www.poriartmuseum.fi/epub/Fringe.pdf and "Osa 4. Ikuisia lauseita kallioon - vieraana taiteilija Eero Yli-Vakkuri" at http://www.poriartmuseum.fi/fin/kuuntele/podcastit/index.php (in Finnish) Fri, 30 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/trans-horse-horse-performance-for-teak-2020/ We were fortunate to organise the fourth Horse and Performance course for the Theater Academy in the fall of 2020. Together with Pietari Kylmälä, we experienced challenges teaching art during a pandemic face but in the end things sorted out well. At the time COVID spread in Finland was at a decline and the University of Arts Helsinki deemed the course possible. The horse-hobby and equestrian industry here seems well equipped for dealing with the pandemic. Riding group sizes seldom exceed 10 members (and horses) and activities are organised in sparsely spaced sites, which deems it a safe activity. In fact horseback riding is a booming hobby, it offers a much needed outdoor experience and companionship. We were kindly welcomed to Malminkartano by Kaarelan ratsutalli Oy. Kaarela was a well suited site for organizing the course, it is easy to access with public transport and the area has an interesting history. Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/hevoslinja-aalto-yliopiston-ensimmainen-hevostaitopaiva-talla-vuosituhannella/ A short day visit to Tapiola Riding School facilities for the students of Aalto University Art education Wed, 3 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/new-york-sock-repair-and-exchange/ Send your broken socks to be repaired in New York City. After your socks are fixed, they will be washed in the East River, photographed against the Manhattan skyline and returned back to you. Fixed and clean! Repairs will be made by hand, using recycled materials. You can also have your socks exchanged to socks of our other customers! Fri, 6 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/teak-hevonen-ja-esiintyminen-3-taideyliopiston/ Third iteration of the Horse and Performance course for the students of theatre academy (University of Arts, Helsinki). With Pietari Kylmälä. Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200 https://danielkupferberg.cargo.site/expo2001 Argh! presents expo2001∞ a swarm hive-mind open-ended futurist congress, a group show turned shrunk scale world(s) exposition, opening May 25 201∞. The invited artists/architects/musicians have been asked to each create contributions based on their own vision/worries/thoughts/critiques of+on (concepts of “the”) “future”. Each of these contributions will be presented in the frame of a particular, concept-roofing pavilion. For the opening, a programme of performances is planned. Stay tuned for a collaborative fanzine publication to be produced during the expo and due to be released upon the closing night on June 02. Fri, 25 May 2018 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/distortion/ The Berlin Wall Distortion is based on the Electra distortion circuit. The unit in the picture is centred around a piece of the Berlin Wall which was collected in 1990. The Lenin pin is connected to the transistor base and can be used to distort the sound. The rotary switch is used to guide the incoming signal towards three different capacitors. The first setting goes to Berlin Tegel Airport and emphasises treble, setting two passes RAF Gatow airport emphasising bass moderately and setting three passes trough Tempelhof Airport and it emphasises bass tones heavily. Mon, 1 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.cifas.be/en/workshops/signal-6-urban-interventions The riders of Ore.e Refineries organised a workshop exploring horselogical thinking, a 15 horse techno parade and workshops in public parks with the local mounted police officers. Details and photos: https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/hevoslinja-eli-trans-horse-brysselissa/ and a video of the work of the police https://youtu.be/cBNO0DTERSQ and the Trans-Horse parade https://youtu.be/Qi9AZMVEUZU Thu, 7 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0200 http://akusmata.com/ore-e-refineries-sound-of-work/ “Ore.e Refineries: Sound of Work” -working group (blacksmith Jesse Sipola and artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri) and sound designer Kristian Ekholm present a sonic metalwork demonstration at Akusmata Sound Art gallery. The group explores soundscapes which blacksmiths produce through their labor. The group uses pneumatic tools and steel as their instruments. The gig opens a two week long exhibition, which presents artworks inspired by the “Sound of Work: Blacksmith ed. 1” archaeoacoustic sound library. The library consists of tool and machine themed samples recorded at Sipola’s forge close to Turku, Finland. Documentation of exhibition https://vimeo.com/222683604 Tue, 6 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_PDySgFRU Artist Otto Karvonen invited Ore.e Refineries to ask horses to join them in Vuosaari. The horses worked the city and produced measurements of city development. A video of the workday and gear was presented at the Vuotalo space. Fri, 12 May 2017 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/sound-of-work/ The sound pack consists of tool and machine themed samples recorded at Jesse Sipola’s smithy close to Turku, Finland. The samples are aimed for music and sound design. Everything has been captured in 24-bit 96kHz using a Tascam DR-40 and a Sony ECM-NV1. Majority of sound are in MONO (2 channel). Only moderate EQ tools and noise removal has been used during the mastering process. The sound pack has 324 files extracted from 142 recordings. Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0200 https://temporary.fi/experiments/rescue-museum-digital-to-tangible-clinic-workshop Are your hoarding photos, SMS messages and other documents on your mobile phone? Deleting precious memories can be hard. Be advised that digital materials are not protected against time! On the Digital-to-Tangible (D2T) clinic we’ll convert important (and less important) digital files into formats which have the potential to last trough the ages. Bring your mobile-phone, let's select your most precious digital content and convert it into A6 sized postcards manually. Materials are be provided. The Clinic is hosted by Eero Yli-Vakkuri (Ore.e Refineries). The workshop will be documented and is part of Rescue Museum, a project by Päivi Raivio in which skip dived items and trash are archived in a fictional museum. The items are archived and documented using experimental methods. The project results in a book "Pocket Museum" in early 2017. Tue, 6 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/teak-hevonen-ja-esiintyminen-2-taideyliopiston/ Yli-Vakkuri and Kylmälä (Trans-Horse) host their seconds "Horse and Performance" course for the Theatre Academy of Helsinki. A group of 8 students learn how to make art in together with the animal. Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/raportti-tromso-takakehitys-seminaarista-agency/ A horse-skill presentation and lecture for Vårscene festival. The initiative was curated by Jussi Koitela. Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI3e38F23gs Yli-Vakkuri participates in "They come from Far away" performance festival organized by New Performance Turku festival (Leena Kela and Christopher Hewitt) for Te Uru gallery in Auckland, New Zealand and builds the Te Uru Horse Shelter for the Huia Road Horse Club https://osm.org/go/uuUdorU5D?m= Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/media/hevoslinja/2014_hevoslinja-hki-tku-hki-trans-horse_ore-e-ref_q_xxx_e-1-a_z_fol/doc/20151006_parempi-lehtori-kirii-ulkokaarteesta_kylmala-yli-vakkuri.pdf Yli-Vakkuri and Kylmälä (Trans-Horse) host a two week "Horse and Performance" course for the Theatre Academy of Helsinki. A group of 10 students learn how to make art together with horses. Tue, 1 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.flickr.com/photos/jukkapalmu/albums/72157654338226161 Trans-Horse Anthology presented a unicycle which could be fitted for a horse, a radio-documentary by Pietari Kylmälä and the "Come together, leave together" movie by Karppinen and Yli-Vakkuri. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTQV4vXyvv8 The group rode to Mänttä from Keuruu, transporting their art. The group was accompanied by artist Reija Meriläinen who was curated as a rider to the posse by SUCH gallery (HKI). Video of the riding event https://youtu.be/C6NkbdR5BW8 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.tehdasry.fi/dark/?video=live-and-dead-art-perfo-eero-yli-vakkuri Live and Dead Art / Perfo: Eero Yli-Vakkuri. A lecture on contemporary horses and how to think with them for Live and Dead Art exhibition at Pori Art Museum Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0200 A lecture on contemporary horses and how to think with them for SLACKERSPACE, Tampere (Org. Timo Bredenberg). https://www.finna.fi/Record/arto.014025938 Fri, 7 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHkpW7qHmA A presentation for New Performance Turku Festival curated by Leena Kela and Christopher Hewitt. Urban Rider Heikki Mikola and horse Nuppu take the audience for a stroll around the city Sun, 5 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.tasauskohtuuspaja.net/arkisto A lecture detailing the Trans-Horse initiative and related thinking for TaKoPaja, Salo (Polkuja kohtuuteen-kansalaisseminaarin). Yli-Vakkuri meets LauNau in the event. Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0200 https://vimeo.com/111410020 Skills of Economy – Post Models: Ore.e Refineries is the first in a series of exhibitions and events that will seek to understand the meaning of artistic practice at a time when the welfare state is in the process of being dismantled. This exhibition explores the work of the Ore e. Refineries organisation spanning the past eight years. The exhibition is part of curator Jussi Koitela’s Skills of Economy project. Over the past two decades, neo-liberalism has sought to turn the state into a corporation, devoid of values other than those of financial success. This has changed, and will continue to change, the state’s relationship with art, artists and cultural institutions alike and forces the art field to justify its activities and access to funding in a completely new way. In Finland, the post-welfare state has adopted a neo-liberal model that places prime responsibility for the individual’s welfare on the individuals themselves, alongside outsourced global and local providers. The objective of this model is to establish a service provider corps consisting of commercial enterprises tasked to operate as efficiently as possible and, ultimately, provide all public services in lieu of the state. It is, the argument goes, the only effective option currently available and, as such, the only possible means of delivering public services in the current and future demographic context. “Post-model” is a term used to describe a time when the economy and public administrations along with politics itself will have become fully de-politicised entities, as if we were living in a time devoid of ideologies and the societal models and ideas they engender. The management of our shared public affairs through parliamentary democracy is reduced to a managerial, care taker-like activity governed by rationality, in which values must not be allowed to interfere with the business of actual decision-making. Seen from a different perspective, the “post-model” in the title of this exhibition could also be taken to mean a time post the model described above. What forms might artistic activity take in the future and what sort of societal models might that activity open up? How can art make a critical contribution to ensuring the equal delivery of services such as transport, manufacturing, planning and archiving in the society of the future? Ore.e Refineries was founded by artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri and blacksmith and designer Jesse Sipola and focuses on promoting craftsmanship in the digital era. It operates somewhere in the middle ground between art, design and service provision to create both artworks and services that seek at once to resolve and understand the challenges arising from the current neo-liberal, global and digital reality in the areas of precarious labour, commodities, consumption, environmentalism and transport. The organisation’s activities are characterised by their highly speculative nature. Rather than creating art, design and services in keeping with the implicit demands of the current climate, their work generates meaning through an imagined set of new social, environmental and economic circumstances. Artists presented in the Ore.e Refineries Meta- Collection – Artifacts from the Age of Mechanical Reproduction: Jussi Koitela, Paula Lehtonen, Kalle Mustonen, Eero Nelimarkka, Pekka Ruuska, Record Singers (Heiskanen, Nevalainen, Väisänen and Airas), Iidu Tikkanen, Lauri Wuolio and Topi Äikäs Fri, 6 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/hevoslinja/#Trans-Horse The Trans-Horse project (2014-) is being conducted as an open-ended artistic research, knowledge production and network building process. Developments have be made accessible to the public through performance lectures, workshops, exhibitions and publications. The project has been framed as an effort to advance possibilities to travel by horse in urban settlements. It was kicked off with artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri and journalist/artist Pietari Kylmälä learning to ride. Neither had prior experience with horses and the impact of being introduced to horses was shocking. Their efforts were supported by blacksmith Jesse Sipola and multidisciplinary creative Hanna Karppinen. The group identifies as The Riders of Ore.e Refineries. Thu, 5 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0200 https://eero.storijapan.net/docfolio/tag/ore-e-refineries/page/7/ During the “Metal Scavenging is Alchemy” waste expedition, blacksmith Jesse Sipola and artist Eero Yli-Vakkuri from Ore.e Refineries will escort participants into the world of Copper Scavenging 30. August. This waste expedition is the 3rd organised within the context of the Pixelversity 2013 Waste/d theme. The expedition will take participants for a bike trip from Helsinki downtown (meet in Hakaniementori) to Tattarisuo. Sipola is well tuned to the junkyard scene of Helsinki and has disassembled engines for copper at his smithy in Espoo. Ore.e Refineries is a company advocating sustainable design and has worked on copper related projects since 2007, and invite you into a one day workshop process for scavenging copper and making profit! There is detailed information about programme and expectations below. Copper can be found practically anywhere in the city. Register your interest and contacts to participate: http://pixelache.muistio.tieke.fi/pv13-waste-expeditions-oree and don’t forget to read more about Copper also. Promo video https://youtu.be/ZTdrz6C5phg Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/seli-seli-seppele/index.html Akaa Gymnasium rector Tuovi Ronkainen commissioned an artwork from Ore.e Ref. 2012. According to the commission the artwork was to be constructed by rearranging school memorabilia (e.g. a plaster bust of J.V Snellman and portraits of past rectors). The items where arranged into pairs which comment each other. The artwork interpenetrates local history and challenges the educational system is facing. The multipart artwork Seli-seli seppele (En. Bla-bla Wreath) is installed in the main staircase of the school and was revealed 13.8.2013. Tue, 13 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/ownership_renunciation_services/index.html Ownership Renunciation Services – ORS can be used to renounce ownership rights to property. ORS is useful when renouncing ownership of chattels, immovable property and intellectual concepts. After ownership renunciation all rights to the property will belong to the commons. The service is offered in LITE and PRO versions. Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/moustache_wax/index.html Ore.e Ref. announces a program which searches for the perfect ingredients for the companies first cosmetic product. If everything goes accordingly the "Anti-Imperial Moustache Wax" will ultimately be made exclusively from materials specific to the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin environment. Recipes and tests via link. Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/the_message/index.html#ews1 The Message is a social project during which we will send a message addressed to the civilization which will discover the Onkalo - Nuclear Waste Repository being build in Finland. Wuolio was contracted to select and/or craft items to be stored in a time-capsule which was hidden inside a ~5ton boulder rock, situated in the seashore of Helsinki. Items in the time-capsule are expected to become accessible for audiences in 500-1000 years. Items Wuolio chose are hidden behind "The Message – EWS1#" Navigational Device. EWS1# is encrypted with instructions which may be used to find the Onkalo, nuclear waste repository site. Details on the time-capsule content entitled "Kharon’s Obol" are available on Wuolio's website and full assignment documents available trough link: http://oree.storijapan.net/media/2_documents/assignment/lauri_wuolio_assignment/0_ore_e_ref_assignment_lauri_wuolio.pdf Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7KvF5q_8pI The NO-CHAIR-DESIGN Campaign stormed the city of Jyväskylä by making a invisible chair performance in streets. The performance promoted the NCD-C Campaign. Video of the performance via link. Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/media/2_documents/assignment/pekka_ruuska_assignment/0_ore_e_ref_assignment_pekka_ruuska.pdf Ruuska was contracted to act as a liaison of the companies southeastern African relations and businesses for the duration of his trip to The Republic of Mozambique 03.03-17.03.2012. Ruuska was assigned to A. To investigate the possibility to build a traveler maintained commerce route and crafts culture relations network. B. To acquire samples of copper and to salvage 19th century telegraph technology related to the "Cape to Cairo Red Line" infrastructure. Full assignment available trough link (.pdf). The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (.pdf) by Benjamin Walter was also included in the assignment package. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.oree.storijapan.net/praxis/aikapalvelu/ "Speaking Clock" announces the time of Finland on demand. Call the number and ask for the time. Note: The time the operator provides may not be precise. Do NOT calibrate devices or navigate according to it. The service meets the needs of most household timing tasks. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.oree.storijapan.net/cool/ 0. If You are COOL You know what is the right thing to do. You are granted all rights to use, distribute and modify this material considering that You are COOL. As the NO-CHAIR-DESIGN Campaign has received some attention the material Ore.e Ref. has produced will possibly by be used by someone somewhere. The ESRek1.0 license was too stickt for even our peers to use. It was too complicated. The COOL license achieves the same goals but with less fuzz. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200 After careful consideration the company changes logo. In the new logo there is no mention of the "ore" refining services which the company started off with. After the NCD-Campaign (and honestly way before that) the company has been engaged with much more then "ore" refining. To better reflect the current industry the "ore" was removed from the logo. The old version is found via link. The new logo is embedded with html which can be used to reconstruct the http://oree.storijapan.net site. This will help the archeologist of the future to reconstruct the Ore.e Ref. site if they so choose. Logo with metadata is found at http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/cecil_john_rhodes_series/ and details on the logo design here http://oree.storijapan.net/media/1_ore_e_refineries_logo/ore_e_alkemia.png Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/NCD-C/ Ore.e Ref. launches a challenge to the designers of the world to NOT design chairs in the year 2012. "We believe that the world already has enough chairs. Designing new ones only takes time away from renovating the ones we already have". This is the first project Ore.e Ref. has utilised video in it's practice. Also the webpages are under considerable changes. etc header/link is added into the main menu pointing to the P.I.E (Press/Investors/Etc) site on the pages. Also the staff section is now modified and both active partners are presented in near equal style columns. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/praxis/cecil_john_rhodes_series/ Celebrating 5 years of successful business and original research Ore.e Ref. send out a collection on imagery and sounds for free usage. Intended for wallpapers and ringtones of pda mobile devices. Why ringtones? Africa is the target of many mobile phone developers and it is estimated that most of nations in Africa will get online for the first time using their mobile phones. The ringtone is morse code transmitting a famous quote by Cecil John Rhodes: "Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life." The artwork is based on Edward Linley Sambournes "The Rhodes Colossus: Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes" which was published 10 December 1892 in "Punch" (British weekly magazine of humour and satire 1841-1992/2002) after Mr. Rhodes announced plans for a telegraph line and railroad from Cape Town to Cairo. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Low2No Camp was a strategic design workshop curated by think tank Demos Helsinki. In Low2No Camp thirty carefully chosen urbanist come together to create groundbreaking projects. In this frameworks Ore.e Ref. Head of Sales Yli-Vakkuri worked at the DMY, International Design Festival, Berlin (http://dmy-berlin.com/en) and educated people on how to sharpen knifes. https://youtu.be/RVd79VUl4qI Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer digital currency. It can be used as payment for all items and services Ore.e Ref. produces. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0200 D2T (Digital-to-Tangible) this means that Ore.e converts digitally stored data (webpages, emails, multimedias, sms-messages etc.) into tangible forms using traditional handicraft tools http://oree.storijapan.net/media/2_documents/proposals/d2t/hs_d2t.html . Ore.e also takes part in the artmoney project and 20% of payment can be given in artmoney units. http://www.artmoney.org/user/3692 Sat, 6 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_smithing-in-public-spaces/ During a workshop a group was offered the possibility to practice forging and talk about crafts together with Jesse Sipola. No prior skills was need. The workshop was intended to last for to days and it was conducted in urban and open environments. http://helsinki.thepublicschool.org/class/2755 and pictorial from workshop http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_smithing-in-public-spaces/ Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Brief exhibition showing the work of Ore.e Ref. at Aalto EE (Aalto Executive Education) office spaces in Helsinki. "The plate", an alternative print made of it and texts where shown next to the Land Values project. http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_aalto-ee-exhibition/ Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Ore.e Ref. is invited to produce rings from Zambian Copper to a couple getting married. The rings where melted during the wedding in a publicly open event, backstage of the wedding place. The material for the rings what provided by the groom during his trip to Zambia. Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_taidehalli-exhibition/ "Good Morning Africa - Villa Karo 10 v." exhibition presented the works of some 50 artists who had visited Villa Karo, the Finnish-African Cultural Centre in Grand-Popo (http://www.villa-karo.org/) within the last 10 years. Ore.e ref installation featured detailed texts in Finnish, France and English together with the "Homage á Pentti Kaskipuro" print made 2008. The name of the print was changed to "A lump of Bread Drawn with out the Touch of Hand - Homage á Pentti Kaskipuro". A video of the exhibition https://vimeo.com/13134260 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.oree.storijapan.net/esrek A simple introduction to the "esrek" license is that for any media owned by Ore.e used in any commercial publication (print or digital) a loan must be given to using Kiva - Micro-finance system. At the same time the company website is rebooted, P.I.E (Press/Investors/Etc.) page is made and texts focusing on SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP added. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.oree.storijapan.net/pictorial_sales/ "Batch of Zambian copper imported to Finland by mr. Rantanen in a backpack". Copper was mined in Zambia, refined in the Republic of South Africa, bought back to Zambia. Five copperplates (each weighting above 200g [in 10x18cm plates]) http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_sales/pictures/batch_of_sambian_broad.html Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_voipaala-exhibition/ Oheis - Group Exhibition (Cur. Outi Heiskanen). Presented the work of Ore.e in a detailed manner. This was the first time The "Homage á Pentti Kaskipuro" print was presented publicly. The print was made in Print Making Studio Himmelblau (Tampere) by Janne Laine. Also a audio documentary was presented as a part of the installation. Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0200 Ore.e Ref. website is launched in preparation of the upcoming exhibition. The site does not feature "the PRESS/Investors/Etc page". The site is hosted inside the storijapan which is a disregarded band name which Yli-Vakkuri and Kristian Ekholm shared. http://www.eero.storijapan.net/aineisto/oree Mon, 1 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0200 First drafts using the "copperplate produced in Togo" are made by Outi Heiskanen. The decision that nothing will be drawn on the plate is made. http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_building-your-own-furnace/pictures/06062008(003)%20copy.html Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 https://youtu.be/l7V0KvxLmR0 During this trip to the Villa Karo, the Finnish-African Cultural Centre in Grand-Popo we produced a copperplate suitable for fine-art printmaking in collaboration with local artisans. Yli-Vakkuri and Heiskanen also make a video named The Human Lighthouse https://vimeo.com/55790777 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.oree.storijapan.net/pictorial/ First furnace tests made in Mynämäki. Clay, sand and copper. Pictorial: http://oree.storijapan.net/media/4_pictorials/pictorial_building-your-own-furnace/ Mon, 3 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200 As joined operation between Eero Yli-Vakkuri, Jesse Sipola and Outi Heiskanen. DIY topics regarding printmaking discussed in Outi's summer cabin. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200 While working to build and installation for Outi Heiskanen the artists start talking about the future of the world. As it turns out they both share a belief that the infrastructure their current lifestyle is dependent on, is fragile and can change in a blink. Heiskanen has built huts (installations for museums etc.) out of litter and sticks and in her prints figures are placed in dystopian landscapes. Eero Yli-Vakkuri has studied carpentry in the hopes of being able to live off the grid and out out reach of the capitalistic society and (at that time) Mad Max is his favourite movie. The post-industrial future they are envisioning of is not a violent one - It's a utopia where humanistic (possibly anarchistic) ideals are exercised. As an academic of fine art Heiskanen educates Yli-Vakkuri on the traditions of printmaking. She claims that the techniques involved in contemporary printmaking are the same as they where in Dürers times. Yli-Vakkuri criticises this claim as his friend artist blacksmith Jesse Sipola has shared insight to the metal industry - it's not a pretty picture. During his trips to Namibia Sipola has observed closely how the heavy metal industry operates in regions of the world which produce raw ore. And printmaking is somewhat depended on these resources. Soon these discussions result into a shared critique of technocracy and a celebration of DIY Culture. During WWII Heiskanen was given a medallion by the national "Martta" organisation for collecting the most pine cones (the cones where used for heating tents in the front), she explains that during these hard times she could observe a beautiful transformation: As resources gradually got skimmer, her mother gradually developed into a craftsperson. She learned to do practically anything, out of nothing. Yli-Vakkuri shares these beliefs as MacGyver was one of his childhood heroes and he also (at that time) likes jazz. Out of these discussions the idea of producing all elements required to produce a print arouses. During her 40 year artist career Heiskanen has fiddled with pretty much every possible medium. But she has not refined ore. Sipola agrees to take part in the project and they seek aid from the University of Turku, Department of Archaeology. Which has a "field experiment unit" close to Sipola's school Mynämäki. A video of Outi building in the woods https://youtu.be/Lv9SCTl3lNA Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200