List of publications Mika Elo 16.4.2015 A Peer-reviewed scientific articles 2014 "What Calls for Thinking". RUUKKU Studies in Artistic Research. Nr 2. 2014 "Notes on media sensitivity in artistic research". Exposition of Artistic Research: Publishing Art in Academia. Eds. Michael Schwab and Henk Borgdorff. Leiden University Press. 25 38. 2013 "The New Technological Environment of Photography and Shifting Conditions of Embodiment". On the Verge of Photography; Imaging Beyond Representation. Eds. Andrew Fisher, Johnny Golding and Daniel Rubinstein. Birmingham: Article Press. 87 102. 2012 "Formatting the senses of touch". Transformations (Issue 22). http://www.transformationsjournal.org/journal/issue_22/article_07.shtml 2012 "Digital finger: beyond phenomenological figures of touch". Journal of Aesthetics and Culture vol. 4. DOI: 10.3402/jac.v4i0.14982 2012 "Negotiating epistemic interests and aesthetic stakes". Näyttämö ja tutkimus vol. 4. Teatteritutkimuksen seura, Helsinki. 55 67. 2011 "Valokuvaruumis. Valokuva, kasvot ja ruumiillinen skematismi" [Photographic body. Photograph, face and bodily schematicism]. Lähikuva vol. 24. 58 71. 2011 "Onko näppituntumalla enää väliä?" [Does the rule of thumb still hold?]. tiede & edistys vol. 36. 81 96. 2011 "Valoisa labyrintti Roland Barthes ja valokuvan tuntu" [Labyrinth of light Roland Barthes and the touch of photography]. Psykoterapia vol. 30, 2/2011. 43 51. 2009 "Passages of Articulation: Art and Research Touching". Reflections and Connections. On the relationship between creative production and academic research. Eds. Nithikul Nimkulrat and Tim O Riley. University of Art and Design Helsinki. 19 28. 2008 "Walter Benjaminin mediaestetiikan erannoista: luovien politiikkaan" [Walter Benjamin on differentials of media aesthetics: tracking politics]. In medias res. Hakuja mediafilosofiaan. Eds. Olli-Jukka Jokisaari, Jussi Parikka and Pasi Väliaho. Turku: Eetos. 208 239. 2007 "Walter Benjamin on Photography: Towards Elemental Politics". Transformations (Issue 15). http://www.transformationsjournal.org/journal/issue_15/article_01.shtml 2006 "Liikkeitä katseen elementissä" [Movements in the Element of Vision]. Tiede & Edistys vol. 31. 155 162. 2005 "Aura und Spur in der Fotografie". Zeitschrift für kritische Theorie 20/21. 42 51. 1
2004 "Valokuvan historiallinen indeksi" [The Historical Index of Photography]. tiede & edistys vol. 29. 2/04. 124 140. B Non-refereed scientific articles 2014 "Theses, Notes and Images: On the Photographic Conditions of Embodiment". Senses of Embodiment. Art, Technics Media. Eds. Mika Elo and Miika Luoto. Bern: Peter Lang. 131 149. 2014 "Coctail-navigaattori" [Cocktail Navigator]. Kosketuksen figuureja [Figures of Touch]. Ed. Mika Elo. Helsinki: Tutkijaliitto. 7 23. 2014 "Digitaalinen näppituntuma" [Digital Touch]. Kosketuksen figuureja [Figures of Touch]. Ed. Mika Elo. Helsinki: Tutkijaliitto. 128 154. 2013 "(Dis)sychronies of vision and touch". Embodied Phantasies II. Eds. Sabine Falch and Suzanne Anker. Bern and New York: Peter Lang. 53 62. 2007 "Valokuvan kieli käännöstehtävänä / The Language of Photography as a Translation Task". In Mika Elo (ed.) Toisaalta tässä / Here Then. Photographs as Work of Art and as Research. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki and The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. 134 187. 2007 "Ajatteleva tutkimus / Thinking Research". Toisaalta tässä /Here Then. The Photograph as Work of Art and as Research. Ed. Mika Elo. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki and The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. 9 29. 2005 "Die Wiederkehr der Aura". Walter Benjamins Medientheorie. Ed. Christian Schulte. Konstanz: Univestitätsverlag Konstanz. 117 135. C Scientific books 2014 Senses of Embodiment. Art, Technics Media. Eds. Mika Elo and Miika Luoto. Bern: Peter Lang. 183 pages. 2014 Kosketuksen figuureja [Figures of Touch]. Ed. Mika Elo. Helsinki: Tutkijaliitto. 264 pages. 2007 Toisaalta tässä /Here Then. Photorographs as Work of Art and as Research. Ed. Mika Elo. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki and The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. 192 pages. 2005 Valokuvan medium. Helsinki: Tutkijaliitto & Taideteollinen korkeakoulu [dissertation]. 293 pages. D Publications intended for professional communities 2
2014 "Harjoutus irtiottona" / "Practice as Breakaway". IssueX 3/2014. 2013 "Kosketuksen taide" [The art of touching]. IssueX 2/2013. 2006 "Zur Aktualität des Passagen-Weks. Der Gedanke des historischen Index in ihrer Rückspiegelung auf das Passagen-Werk".Urgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts. An Walter Benjamins Passagen-Projekt weiter schreiben. Ein Bremer Symposion. Eds. Peter Rautmann and Nicolas Schaltz. Einwurf 04, Hochschule der Künste Bremen. 2001 "Median metaforisuudesta" [On Metaphoricity of the Media]. Työpapereita F 18 [Working Papers]. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki. 2000 "Place of Image: Reproduction, Aura and Photographic Light". Working Papers F 12. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki. 1998 "Valokuvan ekstaasi" [The Ecstasy of Photography]. Työpapereita F 4 [Working Papers]. Helsinki: University of Art and Design Helsinki. E Publications intended for the general public, linked to the applicant s research 2014 "Distance and Beholding On the Visuality of Theatre". TINFO News Performance design. 2013 Falling Trees. The Finnish ehibitions at the 55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia. Co-authored by Mika Elo, Marko Karo and Harri Laakso. Helsinki: Frame Foundation. 82 pages. 2010 "Extending, Transferring, Responging". Secret Identities of a Psychoanalyst. Viewpoints on the works of Friedl Kubelka (Friedl von Gröller). Ed. Elina Saloranta. Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. 59 64. 2007 "Walter Benjamin: kieli ei ole pelkkiä merkkejä" [Language is not merely a sign system]. Taide 1/07. 31 33. 2007 Square Minutes Young Finnish Photography. Eds. Mika Elo and Harri Laakso. University of Art and Design Helsinki. 2007 "Diastole, dialogi, katalogi / Diastole, Dialogue, Catalogue". Square Minutes Young Finnish Photography. Eds. Mika Elo and Harri Laakso. University of Art and Design Helsinki. 52 55. 2006 "Maiseman rajoilla, maisemia rajoilla" [At the limits of langscape]. Nuori Voima 6/06. 2005 "Aufnehmen, Erinnern, Sammeln". Souvenirs Mika Elo and Kuyngwoo Chun, SigonArt, Seoul, South Korea. 3
2005 "Toiston taide / The Art of Repetition". To be contonued... / Jatkuu... Helsinki Photography Festival 2005. Eds. Mika Elo and Brett Rogers. Valokuvataiteilijoiden liitto & British Council, Helsinki and London. 2004 "Esinemaailman allegorisia figuureja: asetelma, asento, ele" [Allegorical Figures of the World of Things: Still life, Posture, Gesture]. Esineiden maailma. Ed. Riikka Stewen. Helsinki: Suomen Taideyhdistys. 2002 "Läsnäoloa virrassa" [The Flowing Presence], Nuori Voima 1/02. 2000 "Maailmassa olemisen tekniikka" [The Techniques of the Being-in-the-World] Nuori Voima 4-5/00. 1999 "Valokuvan mykkyys" [The Silent Photograph] Nuori Voima 2/99. 1998 "Reaaliaika ja ajan reaalisuus" [Real Time and the Time of the Real, a Text-Image Intervention]. Muumedia-festival catalogue, MUU ry, Helsinki. [Media Art Exhibition Cataloque]. 1997 "Leonardon lapsuudenmuisto" [Leonardo s Childhood Memory] Taiteen Maailma 2/97. 1996 "Kuva ja maailmankuva pohdintioja Panofskyn perspektiiviesseen tiimoilta" [Image and World Picture Reflections on Panofsky s Perspective Essay]. (Valo)kuva 4/96. F Public artistic and design activities Curatorial work: 2013 Falling Trees. The Finnish ehibitions at the 55th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia, Venice Italy. 2007 Square Minutes Young Finnish Photography, Lodz and Leipzig, Poland and Germany. 2004-5 Helsinki Photography Festival, Helsinki, Finland. 1999 Historama 2000, Ruhrlandsmuseum, Essen, Germany [curatorial consultation]. 1993 Helsinki Photography Festival [assisting curator]. Performances: 2010 Tangents, Forum Box, Helsinki, Finland. 2007 Voice-over supplement to Friedl Kubelka's film Max Turnheim, Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland. Solo exhibitions: 2014 What thinking calls?, Gallery Huuto Jätkäsaari, Helsinki. Group exhibitions: 2011 Otteita / Extracts, Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Finland. 2008 Figurations of Knowledge, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin, Germany. 2007 Toisaalta tässä / Here Then, TR1 Tampere, Finland. 2007 Elo Chagas Mühlenstedt, Atelierhaus Roter Hahn, Bremen, Germany. 2003 Hospitalities, Voipaala Art Centre, Voipaala, Finland 2002 Künstlerhaus Bremen 10 Years, Bremen, Germany. 1997 Sketches for Arabia shore, Helsinki City Planning Office, Helsinki, Finland. 4
1996 Synthesis Young Finnish Photography, Museum for Photographic Art, Helsinki, Finland. 1995 LUMO 95 -Photographic Art Festival, Gallery Becker, Jyväskylä, Finland. 1995 Saarenmaa, Savoy Theatre, Helsinki, Finland. 1994 Still-life, Gallery Vita Havet, Stockholm, Sweden. Graphic design: 1995-2005 Helsinki Photography Festival 1995-2005 Nuori voima -literature magazine 1993-1997 Midnight Sun Film Festival 1992-2007 art catalogues (among others for Boltanski, Struth, Kozyra and Kapoor) 1992-2007 books and book covers, posters, etc. G Theses 2005 Valokuvan medium [The medium of photography]. Helsinki: Tutkijaliitto & Taideteollinen korkeakoulu [dissertation, monography]. 1998 Valokuvan ekstaasi [The photographic ecstacy]. Taideteollinen korkeakoulu [MA thesis]. 5