Scaffold 136: Jaakko Pallasvuo

The Helsinki-based artist and writer on the physicality of writing, and the strange ways real environments shape his work.

Jaakko Pallasvuo is a Helsinki-based artist and writer, best known for his Instagram account Avocado Ibuprofen.

In his two-part interview for Scaffold, Pallasvuo reflects on the role he sees for art and writing in a world increasingly shaped by social media platforms and artificial intelligence, and he considers the influce of physical space on the act of writing Mouthing the Words, collection of performance texts recently published by Khaos.

 

Scaffold is a podcast series featuring interviews with architects, artists and designers. Hosted by Matthew Blunderfield and produced by the Architecture Foundation, it is available on Apple PocastsSpotify, and most major podcast streaming platforms.

Instagram: @scaffold_podcast

Twitter: @scaffold_pod