Korhonen

One of the most interesting Twitter exchanges in recent memory began when Aussie virtual artist Nonnatus Korhonen aka Andrew Burrell responded to one of my blatherings with "the ultimate divide between the virtual and the real surely remains one of semantics?"

Archive 2009-08-01 Bettina Tizzy 2009

One of the most interesting Twitter exchanges in recent memory began when Aussie virtual artist Nonnatus Korhonen aka Andrew Burrell responded to one of my blatherings with "the ultimate divide between the virtual and the real surely remains one of semantics?"

Earth Primbee gets Metaphysical: An analogy of worlds, real and virtual Bettina Tizzy 2009

Last year Mr. Korhonen was killed when a tree fell on him, and every mother in the valley was waiting at the bottom of the camp certain it was her man who had died.

The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011

Last year Mr. Korhonen was killed when a tree fell on him, and every mother in the valley was waiting at the bottom of the camp certain it was her man who had died.

The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011

A new design by Harri Korhonen for Finland based manufacturer INNO is the Bondo Sofa.

The Bondo Sofa from INNO 2008

Dr Juha Korhonen, one of the lead researchers on the project from the Geological Survey of Finland, explained that the map was available at "a low resolution".

Digital Magnetic Map Goes Global | Impact Lab 2007

Two names, two clues, which Korhonen seems to me to have woven into this starkly hermetic piece addressing the emergence and extinction of artificial life: "The Voyage of the Beagle" is the title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, ideas which Darwin would later develop into his theory of evolution by natural selection.

“uncharted pages from a voyage of the beagle” Alpha Auer 2008

He is also the avatar of an avatar, a representation of Nonnatus Korhonen, one step removed from having his own human.

“uncharted pages from a voyage of the beagle” Alpha Auer 2008

And does Korhonen ever so subtly weave these associations into his Ziggurat of generation and destruction?

“uncharted pages from a voyage of the beagle” Alpha Auer 2008

They are the birds by Sydney-based Nonnatus Korhonen (aka Andrew Burrell), created for the Garden of NPIRL Delights (teleport directly from here).

The birds by Nonnatus Korhonen Bettina Tizzy 2008