Hannu Töyrylä
Basic information
b. 1957, Lahti
visual artist, media artist, researcher
Residence: Kerava
Contact information
Phone number: +358 50 3131694
Email: hannu.toyryla@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
I work to create visually interesting works, both to reflect my inner world and experiences, and to express the complexities and contradictions of the contemporary reality. Works that look like snapshots from a story, which at the same time is my own and to be filled in by the viewer. Works in which the reality is mixed with a dream, which document a specific time and place, yet also contain a timeless, always recurring reality. Works which reflect a human being caught within a web of change and rest, facing an uncertain future, hoping and worrying, attempting to make sense of it all.
I have turned into visual arts after realizing that both the internal world of a human being, and the endless varieties of the surrounding world are phenomena with cannot be satisfactorily contained by reason or rational language. Art, the free and creative use of poetry, images and sound, indeed goes further than reason.
I am using new, computer and AI based techniques which I am myself developing, to generate and process images. Typically I start from photography, and the final works can range from paper prints to video and interactive installations. I am willing to co-operate with other artists and help others to start using such technical solutions I have been exploring with.
I have turned into visual arts after realizing that both the internal world of a human being, and the endless varieties of the surrounding world are phenomena with cannot be satisfactorily contained by reason or rational language. Art, the free and creative use of poetry, images and sound, indeed goes further than reason.
I am using new, computer and AI based techniques which I am myself developing, to generate and process images. Typically I start from photography, and the final works can range from paper prints to video and interactive installations. I am willing to co-operate with other artists and help others to start using such technical solutions I have been exploring with.
