Pekka Tolonen
Hi, I might be left alone in the darkness, walking on the gothic scenes of Helsinki, Finland, lost somewhere in the far edges in the Milkyway, in search of life and belonging to the center, to the galaxy, the final black hole gateway into the other universes.
But it's real for me, and I want to share it with you...
I'm a night photographer/painter. I'm interested in lights, and photographing images during my night walks in Finland - mostly known by the public from Kaurismäki Cult Movies; the streets, strange, isolated places, terse and rough communications when forced to talk with each other.
When reflecting, no wonder, that earth's biggest mobile phone manufacturer NOKIA arises from here, where the density of people is the lowest in Europe while the technologic infrastructure is the highest, and when posed to face-to-face situation, the people still cease to talk to each other, just stare away.
It's all about ZEN, the common denominator between times, spaces and cultures.
It's something a tourist in Finland of the the season may never encounter, the harmony of isolation, and the meaning of true being.
No street life, no violence, no fear, no bar to walk into at night. No hookers, no gangs, just you and and the lights, and the shades of darkness, it's all around you. That's what I am trying to share with you on my art.
And these are not just photos, as they might appear when viewed on small size on a computer screen - great passion has been used to paint the details in a way that resembles the experience, where the details are transformed into mental equivalence of dark and reflective emotions of the unknown - the path onto the next level.
I wish you will find my art close to your heart in certain states of mind, and to be assembled in the walls of your rooms at your house to remind there are always alternate courses in life to take place. A zen-like route, your personal Helsinki Zen Walk experience.
Gallery-quality prints · Independent artists · Décor to adore
