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The starting point for my walks is my temporarily staying in my childhood home. It is in a middle class suburb called Pohjois-Haaga (Helsinki, Finland). My project investigates the building of the Jokeri rail line. It is a light rail connection being constructed between the neighbouring cities Helsinki and Espoo. The length of the tracks will be approximately 25 kilometres (15.5 miles). I concentrate on a five kilometres long section that is within a walking distance of my home (Etelä-Haaga, Pohjois-Haaga, Pirkkola and Maunula).

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As interesting as the roadworks are, their daily presence is also tiring. In order to get something new out of them I experimented taking photos with my phone’s pixelation effect. That resulted an altered landscape. The snow, falling down or melting, brought an extra dimension to everything, pixelated or not.

Creating the pixelated images was refreshing, even comforting. There is an odd charm in their minimalism. The look is nostalgic and modern at the same time. They have the texture of early computer games and the clumsy aesthetics of Lego constructions and minifigures. Pixelation changes the process of seeing into a process of abstraction. A local landscape turns into a more generic one. This is a way of traveling into a new dimension.

Shooting directly with the pixelation effect is addictive, and the search for new targets pushed me further along the road and sideways in a way that ”ordinary” photographing does not. The last virtual walk took place when I watched the photos at home, and tried to remember where exactly I took them. I had there been, but not quite.

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The construction works block the use of old and established routes for walking. They force - and, in the best of cases - guide you to new paths. You feel strange dualisms when observing the works: they are both interesting and lively as well as irritating  and boring.

Almost every day brings something new to see: new machines, new gear, new piles of products that are to be installed under the ground, or moved away when the job is done. The sound and the dust of machines are everywhere. The high vis vests and attention colours of signs dominate the landscape, flitting from one site to the next as completion progresses.

The sites give visual access to places that are normally out of sight, such as the ground underneath us, but always there. In addition to various machines and tools, you encounter new building materials that you definitely can not see in your local hardware store. Unintentional sculptures (sculpture trouvée) and installations can be seen everywhere.

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About virtual and ordinary walking in times of the Corona virus (Text in Finnish)

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Kulkeminen on päästä kiinni - Suomen tiedetoimittajain liitto

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Korona-ajan meemeissä naureskellaan elinpiirin supistumiselle ja kaukokaipuulle. Meemit tarjoavat vitsikkäitä korvikkeita aikaisemmalle, liikkuvammalle elämäntyylille: näin matkustat olohuoneesta keittiöön! Mikäli kurkit ennen lentokoneen ikkunasta aukeavaa maisemaa, voit nyt jäljitellä elämystä tuijottamalla pyykin pyörimistä pesukoneen ikkunasta karanteenin lasittamalla katseella. Lienee sanomattakin selvää, että monet meemit ironisoivat etuoikeutettujen elämänmuutoksia.

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A BUS WHERE THE TRACKS ARE NOW BEING LAID (1951) 

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A BUS WHERE THE TRACKS ARE NOW BEING LAID (1951) 

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Photo: Eino Heinonen, Helsingin kaupunginmuseo.

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The photos and videos are shot with a mobile phone camera

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The photos and videos are shot with a mobile phone camera

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pierre schaeffer - "etude aux chemins de fer"

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THE RAIDE-JOKERI OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

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THE RAIDE-JOKERI OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL 

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The Channel includes videos about trout and mussel conservation near the works. In this video you can see approximately the same section of the works that I have covered. At 1:30 my house on the left.

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The map is from Aerial views of Helsinki 1932-2014 (link). Text and route are added by me.