Here you find mostly professional reviews of my work, but also some appearances in main or alternative media. I haven’t been much actively present in mainstream media, although during my near to three decade career I have had my ‘pop-ups’ in Los Angeles Times, Deutschland Radio, Radio Slovenia, La Stampa, YLE (Finnish broadcasting, in Finnish and Swedish), without forgetting various podcasts, e.g. by the Union of Critics in Finland (SARV) and many fun artistic ones. My contribution for the public has for sure happened more through being a non-fiction writer, gallery management, art journals, and public talks, but below you find links to all sorts of “10 seconds of ‘fame’.” I don’t really have use of media presence, so I am not pushing myself in, but I never say no if the invitation looks sharp enough. It is great that many of my books have gained reviews, and I have included some of them here.
Aurosa Allison’s review of Bodily Engagements with Film, Images, and Technology: Somavision (Routledge, 2022) appeared in ESPES (2025).
YLE (the national broadcasting company of Finland interviewed me about fashion, namely hockey jerseys (8.12.2024). (IN FINNISH.)
Steen Ledet Christianssen’s review of my book Bodily Engagements with Film, Images, and Technology: Somavision (Routledge, 2022) was published in The Journal of Somaesthetics. Some good critical points for me to consider! Read here.
Ville Hytönen wrote neatly about my food book for Turun Sanomat (behind paywall, though).
YLE interviewed me about Dark Academia in 2023.
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein’s review of mine and Paco Barrágan’s (eds) book The Changing Meaning of Kitsch (2022, review 2023) in the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. Very nice to get such a name to write this.
Kazimir Kiefer interviewed me about kitsch for his On the Arts. The discussion ranged fromt he history of kitsch and kitsch research to the concept of tropical kitsch, which we coined with Anna-Sofia Sysser for our text (with the same title) in Contemporary Aesthetics. Read here!
Toivo Hursti interviewed me IN FINNISH for his Taiteesta (On Art) podcast, and we chatted about the corporeality of art, media and popular culture. Check the link.
Juhan Hellerma wrote 21.1.2022 for the Estonian Public Broadcasting company (and broadcasted some stuff too) on mine and Eret Talviste’s upcoming article for The Journal of Baltic Studies on the major role of kitschy music – we like/respect kitsch, I feel important to say! – in the Estonian independence fight. The article is called “Looking for a Place That Does Not Exist: The Political Importance of Kitsch in the Estonian Singing Revolution”, and it will be out early 2022. Link here.
Interview in Art Communication and Pop Culture by Martin Boszorad
Petteri Enroth and Matti Tuomela interviewed me and Sini Mononen for the podcast of the Finnish Critics Association (SARV) about Research and Critique (Tutkimus ja kritiikki). Only in Finnish!
https://estetikajournal.org/articles/abstract/10.33134/eeja.152/
Find here (above) Pavel Zharadka’s critique for the Central European Journal of Aesthetics on mine and Jozef Kovalcik’s (eds) book Aesthetics of Popular Culture
OTHER LINKS
Anders Härm: mängumasin – väike vorkpalliessee
Božena Gudalevič: Kas bendro tarp „Naujojo Baltijos šokio‘14“ ir Suomijos ledo ritulio lygos?