Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add because that benefits them. What if we focus on subtracting instead? First, I subtract everything that I can, and then I add only the most essential elements. The ones that I choose myself and that I feel will add the real value. I unlearn the old things and now my mind has space for the new knowledge. Ultimately there’s an infinity of possibilities in limitations. But you need to learn to subtract and make that space first in progress

A series of striking chalk cliffs along the English Channel in East Sussex, England possess almost palpable magic. Formed over millions of years, they are constantly changed by the wind, so their solid, ever-still look is deceiving. Inspired by the contradiction of the fleeting appearance and monumental feel, this project is a fantasy exploration of stories that may have happened here ages ago or maybe happening right now in a parallel reality.

When you try something new your experience seems to last longer, even though it went by in a blink of an eye in reality. This project is about being present for this new experience and actually living it, taking it in, sucking it in no matter what. Even if it’s uncomfortable, awkward, strange, unsettling and even painful. Wait and see how you’ll be so accustomed and bored with this experience that once seemed so unusual and will run or be pushed to another new thing in no time at all. So relax and enjoy. No matter what. Hatching from an egg is incredibly hard for a newborn chick, yet it's crucial for its further survival and strength.

It’s quiet. It’s still. It’s puzzling and confusing. But it wants to speak to you. Wants you to discover a new direction and ultimately change. “Change for the better?” you would ask. “Not exactly” will be the answer. Aren’t you tired of the concepts of “good” and “bad”, “right” and “wrong”? All the fun is in the exploration of where change might lead you. Find your way in the flow. The project revolves around the symbolism of a moon, as seen by humans. The Moon is a symbol for human emotions in many Asian cultures, it’s also a symbol of quietness and stillness of the night, a guiding light in the darkness. It’s a symbol of contemplation and change at the same time, because we see it’s shape ever changing. The Moon is small compared to the Earth and the Sun and still its influence on the life of our planet is significant: it forces waters to shift creating high and low tides. The Mood in some sense also represents weakness and femininity. It’s an open door of all of those meanings, and each person who enters it will get to a different place. The number of those places is infinite and this is the beauty of this symbol.

Inspired by the darkness of Finnish winter and imposed isolation. In times like that, new opportunities to travel arise. It’s a different kind of travel though, it’s a journey within. Each work covers a particular state of mind or inner discovery translated into a visual form. Some of them are truly dark, some are bright, but this is how the oneness of duality of life works: we wouldn’t be able to see light without the darkness.

She felt strangely more tranquil than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. The sunshine made the whole place look different. The high, deep, blue sky arched over her, and she kept lifting her face and looking up into it, trying to imagine what it would be like to lie down on one of the little snow-white clouds and float about. It was her very own secret and sacred place. Only for her, no one else.

What if you take a new approach to flying and turn the idea of "being grounded" upside-down? Yes, some things in life are impossible, right until they become... possible! Challenging your own beliefs, and rules you've set for yourself even once in a while, and just for the fun of it may have amazing power. It helps you not to take yourself and life around you too seriously. Because what is the world around us rather than the Universe just entertaining itself?

We all want a certain amount of surprise in our lives, otherwise living would be boring. But too much change and uncertainty are overwhelming and painful. This is why all the major breakthroughs in human history and development were not welcomed by the masses. We all want that our life experiences are the same and safe, but different and challenging/entertaining at the same time. Trying to play with the notion that you can’t enter the same river twice and imagining like one and the same, the very familiar and plain image of a horizon line above the sea can be viewed from multiple different angles.

“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.” - Alan Watts With dance, dancing itself is the goal, there's no final point or destination. This is how life is. Otherwise, everyone would want to arrive at our final life destination as soon as possible. We can definitely arrive somewhere while dancing, as we're constantly moving with the dance, but arriving is not the point. It's the process of the dance itself that we enjoy while doing it.

"Salvation is a long road that leads through many gates." - Carl Gustav Jung Most of us are afraid of darkness in some way or form. Yet we forget that it all starts from there. We all began in a dark, warm, and safe place and this is where we sometimes want or feel the need to get back to. Wouldn’t it be relieving and luring to get away from all the dangers and worries, from all the challenges of the outside world back to where it all began? But wouldn’t it mean that we’ll deny ourselves all the joys and pleasures of life? The viewer is free to interpret the Utero as a safe space, the dark side of the soul, a place for new beginnings, or the transformation point. It’s all in one and each of its forms is inevitable.

We have something to say, something to show that we know is meaningful. But there’s no elevator to get up there. We have to take the stairs. With each step our view of the landscape is evolving. It can sometimes feel like rolling a boulder up a hill. But it fills up our days with hope. The hope that what we have to say, and what we have to show will be heard. It’s all part of the process, losing hope and regaining it, losing sight of the reason we do it all, only to see it appear with great clarity the next day. Height & Stairs explores notions of hope and meaning that drive us in our pursuit of fulfillment.

A thought of a tunnel may evoke two opposite emotions simultaneously. It’s scary, because you’re about to enter the darkness, but it brings hope for a better future with the light in the end. For centuries tunnels have represented journeys, yet sometimes they symbolize the passage from one phase of life to another. Rebirth in a new form, either physically or mentally, and the journey of metamorphosis is usually very painful. This project is dedicated to dealing with change in the outside world and making peace with it on the inside. Every tunnel has the other side, often bursting with light and hope. It is the contrast of the tunnel’s darkness that gives light its power and resonance.

No one has all the answers. Even if it seems so, sometimes. It’s the uncomfortable truth. So we’re bound to make up our minds and then change them over and over again. Does change have to always be painful? Can we approach it as play? It’s up to us to decide. And then change our mind again.