Publications & releases
Here you will find highlights of my work as a trainer, coach, cultural researcher, documentary maker and artist.
Articles
Interaction from the African rhythm
Creative Future - Art in Development University of the Arts publication, January 2024 Work community development For me as an artist respectful encounter, dropping off the masks, directness and being yourself are important in developing work communities. This applies to both...
Match Made in Heaven - African Rhythm and Solution Focused Coaching
Text by Aakusti Oksanen and Marika Tammeaid Ratkes magazine 1/2024 The best combinations are at the same time similar enough and different enough. When the pieces fit together and create a new dimension, the...
Films and videos on African tradition
The award-winning documentary In the Blood: Portrait of a Griot (Kaarna Productions 2005, 25 min.) is a portrait of the master drummer Zoumana Dembele. It tells the story of his life and work in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso...
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Music
Paradox Box
free jazz | electro | african | coded live visuals
Our world has become a Paradox Box - a surprise box.
When we founded Paradox Box in 2017, the world was still somewhat intact and understandable. Since then, pandemics, fake news, the addictiveness of the web, conspiracy theories, polarisation, wars, the energy crisis, artificial intelligence and climate change have sent things into overdrive.
Paradox Box creates connections and meaning out of chaos.
In our live mix oeuvre, we dive into interesting rabbit holes and deeper into the...
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In the media
Talk of the Drum, Aristotle's Heel (Aristoteleen Kantapää), YLE
Pasi Heikura says: "Africans and drumming are so closely linked in Western perceptions that we often forget that drums have always been part of the traditional instruments of all human communities..."
My work has been the subject of numerous press articles, videos and interviews.
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