Your father is British and your mother is Finnish, but it seems that you strongly identify with your Finnish side (your band’s name is Nalle – Finnish […]
Metal God’s predictions
“I love Finland. I was there recently, a couple of weeks ago. I visited to some Finnish friends who are helping me to put my future website together,“ KK says. […]
An easterly breeze hits Kiasma
Along with China's economic miracle and recent development in the region as a whole, Asian contemporary art is on the rise as well. Biennials and art festivals are numerous and […]
Interview with Eko Nugroho
Your home city Yogyakarta is said to have a thriving contemporary art scene beyond any other city in Indonesia. What makes it so special? A number of reasons. The Indonesian […]
Museum of Gallen-Kallela
{mosimage}The floor in the main atelier is made of tarred wooden blocks, a durable style imitated from factories. In the glass vitrines by the wall there is a collection of […]
Running to the limit
Where were you born? In Oulu. I moved to the capital some years ago to study. Do you like living here in Helsinki? Yeah. The first months I missed my […]
Pedro Juan’s dirty Havana
FREE! Magazine had the honour to get an exclusive interview with one of the hottest contemporary authors in Latin American: Pedro Juan Gutierrez. A writer whose style, full of passion, […]
Colours of the world
Dusty villages, hopeless teenagers, old dancing wizards, corrupted school principals…a tough reality. From eight different countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, 22 contemporary short films and documentaries will arrive in Tampere […]
Iskelmä hero travels to Memphis
Traveling to Memphis and Graceland is a pilgrimage. It is the same trip he did many years ago before he joined the army to complete his military service and now […]
That weird guy and his noise
{mosimage}Although born in Vilppula and educated in art in Lahti, Anssi lives and works in the remote village of Sahalahti, where he finds strange stories and inspiration from which to […]
Is Gaia angry at us?
You have probably heard about the Gaia Theory, whose name was given by the famous writer William Golding, but who is the man behind it? His name is Lovelock, James […]
Under the Thai sun!
Are you tired of waiting for spring to begin? The earliest months of the year in Finland are the coldest ones and the social life is much quieter than in […]
Meet Mr. Finland – the czar’s swedish-speaking spy
Baron Mannerheim is the man without whom Finland might have wasted decades as part of the Soviet Union. He is the only man ever to be named Field Marshal of […]
The subversive scientist?
Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge may be a comic book character, but (Nils) Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901) is a very real historical figure. Born in Helsinki, on Bulevardi 5, Nordenskiöld […]
Tales of love, sex and solitude
Surrounded by old projectors and film star photos at the Motion Picture museum in Helsinki, Aku Louhimies speaks calmly, even when discussing his latest movie Man Exposed (Rissuuttu Mies, 2006) […]