Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Art questions April 2021

Q: Do you think information online destroys the mystique surrounding the artist?

A: First of all, put that mystique in your work. If you can't do that, you are useless. It depends on what that shared information is.
I don't think I've revealed too much.

You're either an interesting person or someone who isn't. Those are your options. I understand artists who don't want to say too much, but I can't imagine my favourite artists never doing interviews.

Q: You recorded 8 albums between 2019 and 2020. Are you making music right now?

A: I've been writing my 15th album for 6 months and it will be recorded in April 2021. Release date is probably in 2022. This album includes my first cover song.

I've been active since 2000. 12 years of demos and after that studio albums. My first album was finished after I dropped out of university. Usually my process is a mixture of rewriting and writing from scratch. 5 albums in a year is the maximum number. 2020 was crazy.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Markkinapaikka - Marketplace

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2021.
Drawing 360.

Sunday, March 21, 2021

Incubella

Music, artwork and production by Rinta-Perälä.
Recorded in Silence & Desolation Studio, September - November 2020.

Shadows Over Sereningia animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZal3KeSTI

https://rintaperala.bandcamp.com/album/incubella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89EpEppCNAw

Monday, March 15, 2021

Parven synty - Origin of the Swarm

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2021.
Drawing 359.

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Naamiaiset - Masquerade

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2021.
Drawing 358.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Art questions March 2021

Q: Why only black and white?

A: Black and white is about shapes. Before developing my wax drawing technique, I experimented with pencils and markers.

My interest in black and white was reinforced by the following:

1990s photocopied VHS catalogues with banned horror films
Books about horror films
Gustave Dore's illustrations for Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost
Black-and-white photography by Matti A. Pitkänen
Films such as Night of the Living Dead and Eraserhead
German expressionism

Q: Is now a great time to be an artist?

A: Yes, if you want to create something that stands out. The world is absolutely bursting with homogenous claptrap.

The problem is that people want simple answers now. They want the safety of fanaticism and mainstream obsessions.

The mainstream has always been obsessed with the latest, the most popular, the surface, strict categories and pleasing a target audience.

I have never cared about target audiences. My job is to look around. What's there and what's not there. Sanity and curiosity go hand in hand.