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Comment on Scenograph #1: Terra Incognita (2008) by anturapolku

anturapolku — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:08:12 +0000

I had so much fun watching this at Ateneum’s Lapin lumo exhibition – and also watching other people watch it. It can take a while to notice the round-driving car, especially if you don’t spare too many seconds for each piece of art.

Comment on Somewhere Else (Postcards from the Edge) 2005 / Exhibition view by Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts

Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:40:25 +0000

[...] selection of Minna Rainio’s photographs from the series Somewhere Else (Postcards from the Edge) will be showing in the exhibition “Contemporary American Imaging” at La Celeste Art [...]

Comment on Some we kept, some we threw back. (2010) by beatingthebounds

beatingthebounds — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:13:52 +0000

What a fascinating idea. Do you ever exhibit in the UK?

Comment on Why do you want to have a child? (2009) by hamilton

hamilton — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:27:07 +0000

I love this idea. ‘Why do you want to have a child?’ Is a neglected question certainly. I have bothered some friends at school with it and the answers, especially coming from a variety of cultures, are always interesting, but also leave me digging with more whys. I like the idea of challenging people to reflect on something so commonly taken simply as an assumption.

Comment on Rajamailla (Borderlands) (2004) by piirainen1

piirainen1 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:37:38 +0000

Minna Rainio and Mark Roberts: Thank you for the “Borderlands” exhibition at the University of Minnesota Nash Gallery. My parents came to the US from Sotkamo, Finland in the year I was born 1953, they spoke only Finnish for many years, so I understand Finnish. Your video work was tremendous in presenting the tones and underlying emotion in the Finnish narrative, but difficult to display in the English subtitles. The borderlands, in the east, Russia, the war, spies and elves were all a part of small conversations I heard while growing up in northern Minnesota Finnish-American communities. The primary reason my wife and I viewed your exhibit was that I will always remember bringing to my father a video copy of Väinö Linna’s 1955 movie “Unknown Soldier”. He invited a Finnish friend over to the house to watch the movie. There is a scene in which the company of soldiers in 1941, I believe, has already crossed the battlefront, and now have come to a long, narrow cleared-out area reaching indefinitely through the forest to right and left. My recollection is one of the soldiers asking the reason for the clearing and the sergeant saying it is the border between Finland and Russia/Soviet Union. My recollection is there was an uneasiness in the movie about proceeding beyond the border, but the sergeant said to move on. At that point, my father and his friend said they could not watch any further because they knew how the story ended and it was too sorrowful to watch. Thank you. Ray

Comment on Rajamailla (Borderlands) (2004) by Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts

Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:55:19 +0000

[...] Borderlands will be shown at the Festival “Des Frontieres et des Hommes”, Centre Culturel Jacques Brel, Thionville, France, 4-15th November 2009. [...]

Comment on Rajamailla (Borderlands) (2004) by Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts

Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:40:32 +0000

[...] Borderlands will be shown at the Festival “Des Frontieres et des Hommes”, Centre Culturel Jacques Brel, Thionville, France, 4-15th November 2009. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Work in Progress Exhibition at The Royal College of ArtLooking Forward to LislegaardBrent Ray Fraser’s Blazin Guns 2008 Solo Art ExhibitionLaguna Art Museum hosts WoW art exhibit [...]

Comment on Angles of Incidence (2006) by Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts

Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:15:24 +0000

[...] Angles of Incidence and other works will be shown at a solo exhibition at Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, 19 November 2010 to 15 January 2011 [...]

Comment on Eight Rooms (2008) by November 25, 2008 « Actions List

November 25, 2008 « Actions List — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:50:07 +0000

[...] a video installation by Minna Rainio & Mark Roberts Korjaamo Gallery Helsinki, FINLAND http://rainioroberts.com/2008/06/05/eight-rooms/ or http://www.myspace.com/petrikuljuntausta for information (culled from Petri Kuljuntausta – [...]

Comment on Scenograph #1: Terra Incognita (2008) by Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts

Forthcoming exhibitions and screenings « Rainio & Roberts — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:42:53 +0000

[...] Scenograph #1: Terra Incognita (Mark Roberts) will be screened at Lens Politica (Helsinki) on November 20th. [...]