Juha-Pekka Inkinen: What you get
Completion year: 2025
Technique: Inkjet print
Size: 42x60
Edition: 1/3
Keywords: Ympäristö, militarismi, elämisen taito, rinnakkaistodellisuus, ennustaminen, steampunk, kollaasi
Environment, militarism, art of living, parallel reality, divination, steampunk, collage
Unusual Phenomena
Inkinen’s works capture the moods and anxieties born of uncertain times. The Unusual Phenomena series presents carefully constructed images where past and present collide. Instead of predicting the future, Inkinen looks backwards: he imagines what might have been, drawing on the visual language of history. In this, his process resonates with generative AI — conservative in structure, even nostalgic — yet his images are intentionally dissonant, laced with wit.
At first glance, the works recall vintage posters, but their themes are urgently contemporary: environmental crisis, militarism, shifting values. Art Nouveau–inspired ornamentation adds an uncanny layer that both attracts and unsettles. The convincing poster-like style is deliberate — the more persuasive the image appears, the more effectively it destabilizes the viewer’s assumptions.
The collages are composed from source material gathered at flea markets and museum archives. Their fragments, 70 to 130 years old, are reassembled into new wholes where sharp-edged nostalgia intersects with the present, and where beauty, strangeness, and critical reflection coexist.