https://pinktwins.com Home page of Pink Twins, electronic musicians and artists Juha and Vesa Vehviläinen, based in Helsinki, Finland. https://pinktwins.com/pt-header-2-web.jpg en-us #{pubTime} #{buildTime} info@pinktwins.com jusu@pinktwins.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Pink Twins RSS Feeder 1.0 /2025/permutation-engine-at-galleria-heino The new digital album includes three alternative soundtracks for Permutation Engine (2026), our new real-time generative animation. Caution: contains techno.Permutation Engine by Pink Twins Fri Jan 16 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2025/permutation-engine-at-galleria-heino /2025/firewalk-at-annecy The animated short film Firewalk has been selected to participate in the Off-Limits competition in Annecy Festival, the world's largest event dedicated to animation, taking place in Annecy, France in June.Annecy Festival Off-Limits Official Selections, Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2025/firewalk-at-annecy /2024/galleria-heino The new Pink Twins exhibition is now open at Galleria Heino, Helsinki. The exhibition features a dynamic combination of video works and photographic prints.The exhibition is open from 30 November 2024 to 22 December 2024.Explore the exhibition in more detailFirewalk, 2024video, 2K9:10 min Sun Dec 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2024/galleria-heino /2024/better-tomorrow-out-now The new Pink Twins album A Better Tomorrow offers soothing sounds, heartbreakingly sweet tones and full service audio massage for the cold winter days and nights. Recorded, mixed and released in 2023. Desperate times call for desperate measures and we are here to provide.A Better Tomorrow by Pink Twins Sun Jan 14 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2024/better-tomorrow-out-now /2023/head-penjing-out-now The new Pink Twins album Head Penjing is out now. Head Penjing includes two long tracks of bipolar hybrid new age noise drone bliss. Available on deluxe LP on 180g cherry blossom pink / daybreak blue colour vinyl, download on Bandcamp, plus on all streaming platforms.Head Penjing by Pink Twins Fri May 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2023/head-penjing-out-now /2023/the-transient-at-annecy The animated short film The Transient is showing at film festivals across Europe during the summer 2023. Official selections include Annecy Festival, Vienna Shorts, VideoEX and Fest Anca. Distribution by AV-arkki.New selections!NeMafFICBUEUFredrikstad Animation FestivalNordisk Panorama Film FestivalVideomedejaAnimatou Fri May 26 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2023/the-transient-at-annecy /2022/hyperheliopolis-out-now Hyperheliopolis is out now on Music page!Hyperheliopolis, the debut album of supergroup AT/PT, is an ecstatic, maximalist, over-the-top, full frequency range celebration of in-your-face noise, explicit electronic sonics and transcendental harmonics.Hyperheliopolis by AT/PT Mon Jun 06 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2022/hyperheliopolis-out-now /2022/multiple-new-releases-out-now Multiple new releases are out now on Music page!Cherry Float - The Pink Twins live concert booked for Loviklubi, Helsinki on 19 March 2020 was our first casualty of the global pandemic lockdown, and was replaced by a live stream from our studio. Cherry Float is a 10-minute excerpt from the live recording.Cherry Float (Live @ Loviklubi) by Pink TwinsTears For Ears – Vintage Clicks and Cuts EP - careless youth and baptism through digital noise from 20 years ago, in four remastered archive classics.Tears For Ears – Vintage Clicks & Cuts EP by Pink Twins Wed Apr 13 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2022/multiple-new-releases-out-now /2022/exhibition-hippolyte The new Pink Twins solo exhibition features two new moving image works. The mosaic-like piece The Eternal (2021) is made up of images from Chinese classical gardens, while the animated work The Transient (2022) is taken over by an avalanche of hybrid plants.Exhibition open 1–29 April 2022Pink Twins will perform a live concert at Hippolyte on Thursday 28 April, 5:30 p.m. Free admission. Welcome!More info and directions at Hippolyte.fi Tue Apr 12 2022 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2022/exhibition-hippolyte /2020/blade-of-gold-forest-of-nothing-out-now Blade of Gold / Forest of Nothing, a new Pink Twins double album is out now on Spotify and other music streaming services. A 2CD set will be available in May. The album contains two one-hour long tracks (Yes, titled Blade of Gold and Forest of Nothing). These are recordings from Pink Twins’ automated non-human live stream sessions from November 2019. They are endless streams of lush soundscapes, analog synthesizers, digital processes and field recording. Long Ambient, Sound Sculpture, New Wave of New Age.Downloads and CD pre-order available at Bandcamp. For best results play on repeat. Thu Apr 16 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /2020/blade-of-gold-forest-of-nothing-out-now /2020/king_kongo_new_single_out_now King Kongo 2020 is a remix/remake of the legendary outsider DIY noise-hop anthem originally recorded by Pink Twins back in 1998 and released on obscure CD-R releases. The new single release, available now on Spotify and everywhere else, includes the full length 2020 remake, remastered original version, plus short Radio Edit and Dub versions.Downloads available at Bandcamp.PLAY LOUD. Tue Mar 24 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2020/king_kongo_new_single_out_now /2020/puutarhaportaali-info State Art Commission has released Puutarhaportaali ("Garden Portal"), by Pink Twins, an online work designed for virtual workspaces, i.e. workstations and info screens of state offices. The work is a semi-interactive supply of moving image clips that transports the viewer through animated portals to classical Chinese gardens.More info (in Finnish at State Art Commission site Thu Jan 23 2020 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2020/puutarhaportaali-info /2018/activatar-app Module (2008) by Pink Twins is featured on Activatar during March 2018. Activatar is a new mobile platform hosting curated media art through monthly exhibitions. Watch the March selection by downloading the app. Activatar is run by Christopher Manzione, Nicholas O’Brien, and Moving Image. Tue Mar 13 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2018/activatar-app /2017/festivals-november-2017/ Overlook by Pink Twins is featured at Festival de Sevilla, in the special screening programme "The Dark Side" (3–11 November 2017). Overlook also takes part in the international competition of Sommets du Cinéma d'Animation, Montreal (22–26 November 2017). Pink Twins gives a masterclass and presents an audiovisual live show at Anilogue International Animation Film Festival, Budapest (29 November – 3 December 2017). Wed Nov 08 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /2017/festivals-november-2017/ /site/2017/05/05/overlook-at-annecy-festival-official-selection/ Pink Twins’ Overlook (2017) will have its international festival premiere in the international competition of Annecy International Animated Film Festival, held in Annecy, France, from June 12–17. Established in 1960, the festival is one of the most important festivals dedicated to animated film. Overlook is included in the programme “Off Limits”. Pink Twins’ participation at Annecy is made possible by AV-arkki’s distribution. Fri May 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/05/05/overlook-at-annecy-festival-official-selection/ /site/2017/05/05/pink-twins-at-ivahm-madrid/ IVAHM, the Madrid New Media Festival features a Pink Twins retrospective of five video works and a special presentation by Vesa Vehviläinen. IVAHM at La Neomudéjar, Madrid, 10–21 May 2017. Presentation by Vesa Vehviläinen on Saturday 13 May, 20:00. Fri May 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/05/05/pink-twins-at-ivahm-madrid/ /site/2017/05/05/pink-twins-at-the-finnish-institute-gallery-stockholm/ A Pink Twins solo exhibition featuring three video installations is open at the gallery of Finnish Institute in Stockholm, 29 April – 3 June 2017. Photo: Janne Riikonen Fri May 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/05/05/pink-twins-at-the-finnish-institute-gallery-stockholm/ /site/2017/05/05/backstage-at-joensuu-art-museum/ Backstage, the new exhibition at Joensuu Art Museum, showcases contemporary works by Finnish artists and musicians. Installation of Miracle (2014) by Pink Twins is included. Pink Twins at Backstage, Joensuu Art Museum, Joensuu, Finland, 18 May – 17 September 2017 Fri May 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/05/05/backstage-at-joensuu-art-museum/ /site/2017/05/05/parametronomicon-installed-in-4k-at-emma/ Parametronomicon (2015) by Pink Twins is presented at EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art in the museum’s newly opened high tech media art space. Parametronomicon is presented in uncompressed 4K format using a 12000 ansi lumen 4K laser projector and a special 17.2 channel Genelec sound system. Pink Twins: Parametronomicon at EMMA, 29 March – 20 August 2017. Fri May 05 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/05/05/parametronomicon-installed-in-4k-at-emma/ /site/2017/04/25/pink-twins-infinity-online-now/ Infinity, the new interactive music release by Pink Twins now online at pinktwinsinfinity.com! Infinity is based on Pink Twins’ studio recordings from the past decade. Using the massive archive as source material and providing an intuitive mixing interface, you get a chance to mix endless variations of Pink Twins music and share your mixes on your social media platforms. Infinity was commissioned by Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art for ARS17+ and supported by AVEK, The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture. Tue Apr 25 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2017/04/25/pink-twins-infinity-online-now/ /site/2016/08/17/pink-twins-flow-festival-2016/ Pink Twins played at the excellent Flow Festival, Helsinki on 12 August 2016. Here’s an audience-shot clip. Wed Aug 17 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2016/08/17/pink-twins-flow-festival-2016/ /site/2016/06/19/daydreaming-with-stanley-kubrick-somerset-house-london/ This summer Pink Twins are taking part in Daydreaming With Stanley Kubrick, an exhibition dedicated to the master filmmaker, at Somerset House, London. The exhibition is curated by James Lavelle and James Putnam, and features a host of contemporary artists, film makers and musicians showcasing works inspired by Stanley Kubrick. Pink Twins showcase a new animation work made specially for this exhibition. The exhibition is open 6 July – 24 August 2016 at Somerset House, Strand, London. Sun Jun 19 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2016/06/19/daydreaming-with-stanley-kubrick-somerset-house-london/ /site/2016/05/14/live-poff-2015/ A short live clip from Pori Film Festival, 28 November 2015! Sat May 14 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2016/05/14/live-poff-2015/ /site/2015/11/24/pink-twins-release-return-of-the-real-real-for-cd-r-day/ Pink Twins Return of the Real Real CD-R Released on CD-R Day, 28 November 2015 Pink Twins joins the international CD-R Day to celebrate the best and most flexible physical audio format with the new release Return of the Real Real. Three new studio tracks of high-pitched psych sludge ambient, 47 minutes. This is a factory burned disc in a printed cardboard sleeve and full colour label. Released on CD-R Day, 28 November 2015. Available for pre-order now! The Wire on CD-R Day See Return of the Real Real in Bandcamp Preview track 1: Helsinki Fist Tue Nov 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2015/11/24/pink-twins-release-return-of-the-real-real-for-cd-r-day/ /site/2015/10/22/listen-to-pink-twins-studio-live/ Listen to recent recordings of Pink Twins studio live streams right here! Thursday 19 November 2015 (about 2–4 pm Helsinki time, 102 minutes) Monday 09 November 2015 (about 4–5 pm Helsinki time, 65 minutes) Thursday 05 November 2015 (about 4–6 pm Helsinki time, 88 minutes) Pink Twins with Antti Tolvi: Wednesday 04 November 2015 (about 12–2 pm Helsinki time, 97 minutes) Tuesday 03 November 2015 (about 4–5 pm Helsinki time, 74 minutes) Monday 26 October 2015 (about 4–5 pm Helsinki time, 77 minutes) Thursday 22 October 2015 (about 2–4 pm Helsinki time, 125 minutes) Thu Oct 22 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2015/10/22/listen-to-pink-twins-studio-live/ /site/2015/06/02/pink-twins-parametronomicon-at-the-chapel-of-house-of-st-barnabas-london/ Save the dates! 13–26 June 2015, House of St Barnabas, Soho, London. Pink Twins are back in London this June with a solo show at the chapel of House of St Barnabas. The exhibition features a special ecclesiastical installation of Parametronomicon, Pink Twins’ latest video work. The exhibition is curated by Vassiliki Tzanakou / ARTinTRA and supported by the Finnish Institute in London. Open the press release PDF Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2015/06/02/pink-twins-parametronomicon-at-the-chapel-of-house-of-st-barnabas-london/ /site/2015/03/07/all-the-critics-love-u-in-ny/ Critics rave: Hyperallergic at Moving Image NYC. Sat Mar 07 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2015/03/07/all-the-critics-love-u-in-ny/ /site/2015/03/03/pink-twins-at-moving-image-new-york-2015/ Pink Twins is represented by Sinne at Moving Image art fair, New York. Moving Image takes place March 5-8, 2015 and features Pink Twins’ latest video, Parametronomicon. Preview Moving Image at artsy.net Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2015/03/03/pink-twins-at-moving-image-new-york-2015/ /site/2014/12/16/pink-twins-nominated-for-ars-fennica-2015-prize/ Pink Twins is among the five candidates for 2015 Ars Fennica, the biggest Finnish art award. See Ars Fennica site for info. Helsingin sanomien uutinen Ars Fennica -palkintoehdokkaista Update: OK, Pink Twins won a shared second place. Congrats, Mika! Tue Dec 16 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2014/12/16/pink-twins-nominated-for-ars-fennica-2015-prize/ /site/2014/11/14/critics-rave-2/ Hufvudstadsbladet: Anna Jensenin näyttelyarvio Mustekalassa (in Finnish): Pink Twins, papukaijat, hälytysajoneuvot ja huikea hallittu kaaos Fri Nov 14 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2014/11/14/critics-rave-2/ /site/2014/11/01/exhibition-at-sinne-now-open/ Sinne, Iso Roobertinkatu 16, 00120 Helsinki, open tue-sun 11-17. The exhibition presents new video work – browse high-resolution freeze frames from Parametronomicon here. Sat Nov 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2014/11/01/exhibition-at-sinne-now-open/ /site/2014/07/17/matters-of-time-%e2%80%93-artists-from-finland-at-frankfurter-kunstverein/ Matters of Time – Artists from Finland, curated by Holger Kube Ventura at Frankfurter Kunstverein, 25 July – 12 October 2014. The exhibition features a video installation by Pink Twins. Photo: Norbert Miguletz © Frankfurter Kunstverein Thu Jul 17 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2014/07/17/matters-of-time-%e2%80%93-artists-from-finland-at-frankfurter-kunstverein/ /site/2014/06/23/out-of-our-heads-exhibition-at-shoreditch-town-hall-london/ Pink Twins take part in Out Of Our Heads, an exhibition at Shoreditch Townhall, Hackney, London, 13-29 June 2014. The exhibition is curated by James Putnam and Vassiliki Tzanakou, and features a new version of the video work Miracle. Mon Jun 23 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2014/06/23/out-of-our-heads-exhibition-at-shoreditch-town-hall-london/ /site/2014/01/14/inwards-to-infinity-locked-grooves-download/ Inwards To Infinity, the locked grooves mixing cello, flute, clarinet and harp by the defunensemble with Pink Twins electronics is now born as a digital version! This downloadable spectacle creates an ever-changing tunnel of sound with imaginary turntables! For the unique splattered pink 10″ vinyl with heavyweight gatefold sleeve, click here. To download click below: Tue Jan 14 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2014/01/14/inwards-to-infinity-locked-grooves-download/ /site/2014/01/06/2013-studio-sessions-available/ Behold! The Pink Twins Amplifier is a high-paced, explosive tapping game with a unique soundtrack – several hours of studio recordings from 2013, hand-picked and released exclusively with this app! Download now from Google Play or App Store and tap your way to the final upgrade… Mon Jan 06 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2014/01/06/2013-studio-sessions-available/ /site/2013/08/30/live-at-wasteland-festival/ Behold! Four hot minutes recorded this summer at Jättömaa Festival / Wasteland Festival, Kouvola, Finland. Fri Aug 30 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2013/08/30/live-at-wasteland-festival/ /site/2012/03/17/inwards-to-infinity-10-vinyl-available-now/ Pink Twins INWARDS TO INFINITY 10″ vinyl Side A – Before Forever (7:30) Side B – Inwards to Infinity (50 locked grooves) Spectacular 10″ Eternal Play! Splattered pink vinyl, heavyweight gatefold sleeve. Download: Inwards to Infinity: Locked grooves – arrangements and instrumentations (PDF) Sat Mar 17 2012 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2012/03/17/inwards-to-infinity-10-vinyl-available-now/ /site/2011/12/13/pink-twins-inwards-to-infinity-10-vinyl/ New 10″ vinyl record from Pink Twins, Inwards to Infinity, will be out soon. The record features music made with defunensemble, the premiere Finnish group specialized in performing new electroacoustic music. Side A features a single track, Before Forever, a piece for ensemble and tape, performed by defunensemble and recorded live at Musiikkitalo, the brand new Helsinki Music Centre, in September 2011. Side B, titled Inwards to Infinity, is made of 50 locked grooves, mixing cello, flute, clarinet and harp by the defunensemble players with Pink Twins electronics. The locked grooves were presented in a multichannel installation in the recent Pink Twins exhibition at Galleria Sculptor in Helsinki. Inwards to Infinity was composed, produced and mixed by Pink Twins in Helsinki during 2011. Mastering by Teemu Korpipää. Vinyl cut by Christoph at Dubplates and Mastering, Berlin. The record is a multi-coloured pink splatter vinyl, in heavyweight gatefold sleeve. Sleeve notes by Mikko Kanninen. Release date: 2 March 2012. (Mail order available here earlier!) Tue Dec 13 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2011/12/13/pink-twins-inwards-to-infinity-10-vinyl/ /site/2011/12/13/inwards-to-infinity-installation-view/ Pink Twins: Inwards to Infinity – sound installation with four turntables, multi-channel audio and locked groove records. Installation view from Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, November 2011. The 10″ vinyl record Inwards to Infinity will be released in February 2012. Tue Dec 13 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2011/12/13/inwards-to-infinity-installation-view/ /site/2011/12/01/critics-rave/ Here’s a review of the Pink Twins exhibition at Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki, from Helsingin Sanomat (in finnish): Also a review by Otso Kantokorpi in Kauppalehti Thu Dec 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2011/12/01/critics-rave/ /site/2011/09/08/new-pink-twins-composition-premiere/ Before Forever, a new electroacoustic composition by Pink Twins, will be premiered by Defunensemble on Monday 12 September, at the brand new Helsinki Music Centre. The premiere performance is part of the opening concert of Klang concert series of new music. Before Forever (for harp, piano, cello, flute, clarinet and tape) is commissioned by Defunensemble, Finland’s premier contemporary music group devoted to the performance of electroacoustic music. Klang: Big Bang at Helsinki Music Centre, Camerata hall, 12 September, 20:00. Thu Sep 08 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time) /site/2011/09/08/new-pink-twins-composition-premiere/ /site/2011/01/10/sub-atomica-free-digital-single/ Happy New Year! Ladies and gentlemen, we present the first release of 2011 from Pink Twins, an exclusive free digital single, available only on this site! Listen and download Sub-Atomica! here: Mon Jan 10 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2011/01/10/sub-atomica-free-digital-single/ /site/2010/12/29/four-million-suns-lp-out-now/ Pink Twins FOUR MILLION SUNS LP Side A – Finland Empire (20:33) Side B – Worlds Within Worlds (17:31) Pink Twins make their vinyl debut in 2010 with the spectacular album Four Million Suns. The LP features two side-long tracks, recorded at Pink Twins’ studio during 2009. Available on clear or black 180g heavywight vinyl. Wed Dec 29 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time) /site/2010/12/29/four-million-suns-lp-out-now/