CURRENT

July 2023 onwards Residency of Reflection at Hectolitre Brussels

2023 ele-gi-eli 9-channel sound installation — work in progress

Ari-Pekka Leinonen actively works with performatic sound art installations that utilise sound projection with multiple loudspeakers. Other than that he is interested in carpenting, possibilities of loudspeakers as wooden sculptures and how the sound systems create platforms for moving bodies and sonic story-telling. Recently he has been exploring the skyline of Brussels and minor details of the city facade in order to combine the visual explorations and aural discoveries into a conclusive soundpiece ele-gi-eli for his sound triptych consisting of two earlier works L=10 and ||: o / dear<3 :|| The premiere is happening at Hectolitre in Brussels by the end of the year 2023.

contact
aapee.leinonen (a) gmail.com

CV

Ari-Pekka Leinonen

aapee.leinonen (a) gmail.com
ari-pekkaleinonen.com

https://www.instagram.com/amigoismyfriend/

Education

2012-2015
Master of Arts, Sound in New Media, Department of Media Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
2008-12
Bachelor of Arts, Audiovisual Media Culture studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Lapland, Finland

Solo

2002 ||: o / dear<3 :|| aka Rekordarling, a sound performance for 11 loudspeakers, Galerie Perpétuel, Frankfurt am Main Germany
2022 EQ UINºXIIN, a composition for 11 loudspeakers at Solstice-Equinox, Nowogród Poland
2022 L=10, a sound performance for 13 loudspeaker-headed-puppets
Bajramovic Unlimited, Athens; Aristotle Hall, Chalkida; To Pikap, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ostavinska, Belgrade Serbia
Буква / Bookva; Zelenata Arka "The Green Ark", Skopje North-Macedonia
Termokiss, Pristina Kosovo
Hupa Brajdič Produkcija, Ljubljana Slovenia
Gasthof 2022 at Hochschule für Bildende Künste–Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main Germany
Domie, Poznan; Jazz Club Hipnoza, Katowice; Gallery Serce Człowieka, Warsaw Poland
2021 L=10, a sound performance for 13 loudspeaker-headed-puppets, Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki Finland
2017 Apatia & Ital, sound installation, Ostavinska Galerija, Belgrade Serbia
2016 Välittäjä, video installation, Ti-La 2016, Jyväskylä Finland
2014 Pesula, 10-channel sound installation, Gallery K6A6, Jyväskylä Finland
2013 Kadun ääniä, sound installation, Node Gallery, Helsinki Finland
2012 Kadun unta, photography exhibition, Galleria Kajo III, Rovaniemi Finland

Collaborations

2022 ZDRÓJ, 6-channel sound installation for exhibition by Alicja Wysocka, fffriedrich, Frankfurt am Main
2022 King Combucha, a still image film with Dan Allon, Contemporão in São Paulo, Brazil
2021 King Combucha, film screening with Dan Allon, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen Norway
2020 TV ELDORADO or Clarinet Ivan & Weddinband, film screening & live soundtrack performance with Bert Jacobs, Dom Na Kinoto, Sofia Bulgaria
2019 TV ELDORADO or Clarinet Ivan & Weddinband, film screening & live soundtrack performance with Bert Jacobs, Adata AIR, Plovdiv2019 European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv Bulgaria
2019 Bad Research 5: ROKKENROLLERS - Unpracticed Knowledge, film screening, VAFT-mobile, Ilmiö2019-Festival, Turku Finland
2019 Bad Research 5: ROKKENROLLERS - Unpracticed Knowledge, audiovisual performance with Dan Allon, Circle1, Berlin Germany
2019 Heartbroken Uncle5 Karaokeband, performance with Bert Jacobs, Night Shift: from dusk till dawn, De Studio, Antwerp Belgium
2019 ELDORADO & KIVIKASA, exhibition with Bert Jacobs and Saku Kämäräinen, The Embassy of Republic of Bulgaria, Helsinki Finland
2018 ERNST PINOSSI Picture Show, exhibition with Dan Allon and Bert Jacobs, Hypercorps, Brussels Belgium
2018 ELDORADO, film screening with Bert Jacobs, Kino Cosmos, Plovdiv Bulgaria
2017 Bad Research 5: ROKKENROLLERS - Unpracticed Knowledge, audiovisual performance with Dan Allon, De Tank, Bruges Belgium
2017 Bad Research 4: The Gas Bill, iBazar/t part of The Wrong internet biennale
2017 Bad Research 4: The Gas Bill, exhibition with Dan Allon, Hanut Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel
2017 Bad Research 3: Tahini Is Thicker Than Blood, exhibition with Dan Allon, La juan Gallery, Madrid Spain
2016 I'm Helping My Friend to Think — My Friend Is Helping Me to Idle, performances & interventions in a public space, Sound Development City 5th Expedition, Madrid & Casablanca
2015 Why Do We Do the Things We Do?, intervention in public space directed by Ariel Bustamante, Kampintori, Helsinki Finland
2014 KIVIKASA, 20-channel sound installation with Saku Kämäräinen, Media Lab Helsinki 20th Anniversary Exhibitions, Design Forum Showroom, Helsinki Finland
2014 KIVIKASA, 20-channel sound installation with Saku Kämäräinen, Sounds from Finland Exhibition, Spiral Garden, Tokyo Japan

Miscellaneous

2023, Untitled (Nothing Happens), videowork by Alicja Wysocka, 4-channel sound design, GROTTO – Städelschule Graduate Show 2023, Frankfurt am Main Germany
2023, Untitled (Nothing Happens), videowork by Alicja Wysocka, 4-channel sound design, Jan Van Eyck Academy Open Studios, Maastricht Netherlands
2023 Interactive telephone sound installation, Didrichen museum, Helsinki Finland
2021 Off the menu – Neapolitan pizza's made with Finnish tomatoes and a secret ingredient, a film by Uzair Amjad, Mänttä Art Festival 2021, Sound design
2020 Sauna Culture in Finland, Video by Annamaria Peltokangas, Sound Design, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY__OOcv--M
2020 Phantasmagoria, a film work by Ilona Lehtonen and Tia Hassinen, Sound design
2020 Leonarda: Flesh Ain't Weak, a short film by Mariangela Pluchino, Music and Sound design
2019 Multimadeira artist in residency, production team member, Funchal Madeira
2019 Light of the Forest, Helsinki Art Fair19, sound design for immutocollective.com
2018 Every Month & My Dream, performances by Dimitar Shopov, live electronic music for the performances, Kulttuuritalo Stoa, Helsinki Finland
2018 Light of the Forest, sound design for immutocollective.com,London United Kingdom
2017 A, sound performance with Mikko Varakas, Artur Närvänen and Lauri Solin, Kiilan äänipäivät, Kemiönsaari Finland
2016 Sampo שמש Sammas Shemesh Towards the New Temple, performance, Alfred Cooperative Institute for Art & Culture, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 www.tyhjantoimittaja.info, performance in public space and web page documentation
2016 Fusilli, sound performance at LÀ-BAS→ KUILU: SIRPALEET SYVYYDESSÄ -performance festival, Merikaapelihalli, Helsinki Finland
2013 JAA/EI/POISSA -kokoelma todellisuuksia, sound installation & sound design, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern art, Espoo Finland

Residencies

2023 Hectolitre, Brussels Belgium
2022 Bajramovic Unlimited, Athens Greece
2020 Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen Norway
2019 Adata AiR, Plovdiv2019 European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv Bulgaria
2018 Hypercorps, Brussels Belgium
2018 Adata AiR, Plovdiv2019 European Capital of Culture, Plovdiv Bulgaria
2017 Cut The Crap#4, Het Entrepot, Bruges Belgium
2016 Sound Development City 5th Artist Expedition, Madrid Spain & Casablanca Marocco

Grants

2023 Art Promotion Centre Finland Project Grant
2022 Suomen taideyhdistys - Young Artist Grant
2022 Frame Contemporary Art Finland Mobility Grant
2022 Frame Contemporary Art Finland Mobility Grant
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland Working Grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland Mobility Grant
2017 Arts Promotion Centre Finland Working Grant

Publications

2017 "Listening at the Place of Silence" in Why Do We Do the Things We Do?, Aalto University
2016 Sound Development City 5th Artist Expedition Documentation, Sound Development & Heller Enterprises, Zürich Switzerland

Releases

2021 Jacobs-Leinonen - Feature Music ~ Nightlover OR ~ Nightlover, digital release
2020 Jacobs-Leinonen - Shipwrecked Waltzhop, digital release
2017 ROKKENROLLERS - Unpracticed Knowledge, 12" limited edition 30 copies