{"id":11326,"date":"2021-04-03T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T17:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11326"},"modified":"2021-06-04T08:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:59:46","slug":"ville-laaksonen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/ville-laaksonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ville Laaksonen"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3116\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11326-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VilleLaaksonen.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VilleLaaksonen.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VilleLaaksonen.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1602&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AF9BF6F1-D81C-4094-AA2A-A28A32C708FE.jpeg?w=1333&amp;ssl=1 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laaksone.com\/\">Ville Laaksonen<\/a> (b. 1978, Turku, Finland) is a\u00a0curator, formerly also working as an artist and critic. He has been recently focused on curating\u00a0international exhibitions and consulting art organisations to innovate how they function and operate in current art-ecologic shift. He is working from Turku and Helsinki, Finland with most recent projects in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Slovakia. Before pursuing an career as an international curator he\u2019s main focus was on esoteric painting and critical thinking, working also as a critic.<\/p>\n<p>As an artist he\u2019s contemporary esoteric works open gates, doors and windows to visualise heaven and hell on earth \u2013 and an aesthetic view on life through the vision of an idealist in beauty. Embracing spirituality in life reveals its significance in its unique and delicate ways.\u00a0Laaksonen was stipendiate for the Union of Finnish Art Associations 2012 and exhibited in Varkaus Art Museum. At the same time Laaksonen had also been invited to exhibit in Artchapel, Turku and nominated as the curator for the Paulo Foundation Annual 2012. Laaksonen works actively on Finnish art scene and he has worked on several trusted positions. He is a member of Helsinki and Turku artists associations, Arte organisation and SKY, The Finnish Society for Curators. Laaksonen has exhibited in several solo and museum exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>Laaksonen has been working last years\u00a0through he\u2019s platform Art Incubator, which is a curatorial platform that focuses on developing the role of artists, curators and other art professionals. Collaborating and consulting arts organisations the Art Incubator aims to shift the way art works and helps to organise more\u00a0conventional practises to new forms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11465\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11465 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=1068%2C712&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/9C258B4A-8BC6-4BB0-8817-3EC29930FACD.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wunderkammer exhibion view, Helsinki, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11466\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11466 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0313-1-scaled.jpeg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From W0RMH0LE exhibition, Los Angeles, 2020, Works by Teija and Pekka Isor\u00e4tty\u00e4 and Jyrki Riekki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/VilleLaaksonen.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listVille Laaksonen (b. 1978, Turku, Finland) is a\u00a0curator, formerly also working as an artist and critic. 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