The Feel the Heat video work depicts a one-man disco in a forest at night, and the atmos-phere is magnificent – the lights are flashing, birds are singing, dancing continues and time disappears. The atmosphere in the forest reaches its height and starts declining freely and uncontrollably. The night cannot go on forever and, in the morning, the surrounding reality is revealed.
The work is based on the artist’s rhythmic, minimalist and psychedelic “chirpy beat”, dance music developed from birdsong. Performing in the video, dancer and choreographer Saku Koistinen has created the choreography for the music.
Feel the Heat is part of the artist’s Bird Disco work concept. The first part was the Bird Disco performance that was presented to the public at Helsinki Biennial in the summer of 2021.
Pasi Autio (b. 1974, Vaasa) is a Helsinki-based media artist whose works have been exhib-ited at numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2000.
Saku Koistinen (b. 1978, Heinävesi) is a dancer and choreographer who has created his own choreographies since 2010 and performed and toured with Teac Damsa (Michael Kee-gan-Dolan) and Tero Saarinen Company.
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Ive Riihimäki and singers Mia Hilosuo ja Mirella Hautamäki from the Nota Bene Nokia choir
The artist’s work has been supported by the Kone Foundation.
