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I had a privilege to edit one more issue of Kuti Magazine for Kutikuti. This 71st release was based on open call and received enormous amount of submissions – in total more than 1000 pages from ca. 150 artists. To select 38 pages from this giant pile of works was not really a comfortable job to do. Indeed I decided to give out part of the works for the material of the next issue that’s open call as well, edited by Esko Heikkilä.
Featured artists in issue #71 are: Dimitris Abramopoulos (GRC), Sara Ahola (FIN), Natasha Batrakova (RUS/FIN), Karolina Galvadyté (LTU), Sam Gaskin (USA), Aaron Hotz (CAN), Keith Kavanagh (IRL), Jenni Lahtinen (FIN), Carlos Panhoca & Marcos Batista (BRA) Fidelia Schlegl (GER), Aska Schär (SUI) and Lars Sjunnesson (SWE).
This was an edition of 5 000 pcs. Thanks to all the artists and to Väinö Sirén for the layout. The cover I did is a mash-up as you see.
Read for free online or download yourself a PDF.
Due the a-hole far-right government we in Finland atm have there’s enormous pressure on the culture & art funding. During the year and few upcoming this pressure will most likely effect also Kutikuti’s funding. Due that it’s more and more important Kuti Magazine gets physical subscribers. If you like what we do and would like to order the paper mag, do it here.
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About to leave to the MICE festival held at the Fuller Building at Boston University (808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA) the following weekend.
I’m present with my own booth (71A) selling books, zines, prints etc. Loading some free issues of Kuti magazine along as well – can fit limited amounts so be fast to get some.
Besides the booth I’ll participate in panel discussion ‘Maximalism & Minimalism: Spectrum of Style’ (Sat 4–5 PM) with Jennifer Liebnitz, Whit Taylor and Sophie Yanow (hosted by Adrian Alvarez) AND in Cartoonarium (Sun 12–1 PM) where I’ll doing some improvised drawing for an hour.
The fair is open Saturday 11 AM – 6 PM and Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM. I hope to see old and new friends during the weekend!
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My book Cracking is represented with some prints at the Booked 2022 artists book exhibition in Helsinki. The show is open in MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre at Cable Factory (Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki) from 26th of November untl 18th of December 2022. Kutikuti is also present with a bunch of risograph zines.
From MUU Gallery’s press:
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BOOKED 2022 is an exhibition devoted to books made by artists, conceptual literature and text-based artworks that is organized by MUU, Finland’s interdisciplinary art association. The exhibition will present over 200 artworks, artist books and publications from Finland, the Nordic countries and elsewhere.
The newly released ‘Seed Vault’—a collaboration between artist Vibeke Luther O’Rourke (NO) and poet Steiner Opstad (NO)—invites us to contemplate earthly and ethereal utopias. You can also survey digital history through the lens of imagined future technologies. The compilation ‘The Computer as Seen at the End of the Human Age’ presents works by fifteen artists that look at this history from this perspective.
Or immerse yourself in the very personal realm of artist sketchbooks. Several video interviews with artists Elisa Alaluusua’s (FI/UK) series ‘Sketchbooks’ bring us closer to how artists— professionals such as photographer Elina Brotherus (FI/FR) and sculptor Nigel Hal (UK)—develop their ideas. Alternatively, Michal Czinege’s (SK/FI) multi-tiered table enables viewers to explore his studies in a physical way.
Books documenting travel experiences will expose you to nearby and far away locales. Just take a look at Niina Pietarinen (FI) and Mira Vornanen’s (FI) ‘Retkella – kevät / On a trip – spring’ collaboration, or Niko Tampio’s (FI) Seoul Journal. This publication not only focuses on graffiti in the capital of South Korea, but also paints a picture of the street life experienced by the artist.
BOOKED 2022 is also presenting works by:
Liisa Ahlfors (FI), Susanna Autio (FI), Duncan Butt Juvonen (UK/FI), Valentina Gelain (IT/FI), Francisco Gonzales Commacho (ES/FI), Tiina Heiska (FI), Sirpa Häkli (FI), Susanna Kesänen (FI), Kastehelmi Korpijaakko (FI), Hilla Kurki (FI), Tuomas Kärkkäinen (FI), Lanka Palaa (Linnea Saarits & Vilja Joensuu) (FI), Antonio Junior Luzano (CA/FI), Tommi Musturi (FI), Ciara Quilty-Harper (UK/ES), Caroline Pajusaar (EE), Paula Roush (PO/UK), Ennisofia Salmela Flores (AR/FI), Lorenzo Servi (IT/FI), Mats Johan Soosaar (EE), Leda Vaneva (BG/FI), Sheung Yiu (HK/FI), Yujie Zhou (CN/FI) + many more…
Represented organizations and small presses include:
Bokeh Editions (FI), Codex Polaris (NO), Crow Press (NO), EKA-Estonian Art Academy (EE), Khaos Publishing (FI), Kuš! (LV), Kutikuti (FI), Nurkka Kustannus (FI), Osuuskunta Poesie (FI), Rikhardinkatu kirjasto (FI), Rojal (SE), Texst (NO), Utu Press (FI)
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We’re having a relatively big exhibition of Kutikuti in Haihara Art Centre (Tampere, Finland). The show includes around 100 works from more than 20 Finnish contemporary comic artists. It’s free to enter and open until 28th of June 2021. Go and see if you’re around! Poster image by Esko Heikkilä.
Thanks to Tampere City and The Arts Promotion Centre of Finland!
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Happy to announce that the DIGI-KUTI (#57) is officially out. That’s the autumn 2020 issue presenting adventures into the forms of digital narration. After few years break I managed to edit this one.
Featured artists: Benjamin Bergman (FI), Bogomil Bratoev (BG), Roope Eronen (FI), Esko Heikkilä (FI), Tero Heikkinen (FI), Jellica (UK), Tim Koch (AU), Tiina Lehikoinen (FI), Ilan Manouach & Yannis Siglidis (GR), Raquel Meyers (ES), Tommi Musturi (FI), and Joonas Rinta-Kanto (FI).
Along the magazine we’ve built up The Digi-Kuti Exhibition that is open until 30th of September 2020.
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Tommi Musturi 