Author Archives: Anna Ahonen

Turku Modern – Renaissance Man

Being middle class and Scandinavian prepares one for a bleak future.  However two Helsinki DJs, Downtown and Jaxxon, made it through the jungle, although without house music they would already be dead or in lower management – or both.  Their collaborative project Renaissance Man, is one of the highlights of  Turku Modern, a new electronic [...]

Yohji Yamamoto, Carreau du Temple, Paris

Piano music and Zen-chant repetition took me someplace else while admiring Yamamoto’s asymmetrical cuts. It was a beautiful, calming moment.