Olli Aarni

Born in Oulu, Finland in 1988.
Lives in Helsinki.

Sounds, music, words, etc. Things in space and especially things in time.

Master of arts (Finnish language), University of Helsinki 2016.

Say hello: olli.aarni@gmail.com
Or visit: Bandcamp & Instagram





I’m mostly interested in time these days. I’m trying to slow it down.
 

My biggest musical influence is a window that is slightly open.



Discography:

Dimension Scrolling (Mondoj, 2025)
Kuvioita (Ultraääni, 2024) Muurahaisia ja lentokone (self-released, 2024)
Yö näkyy (Dauw, 2024)
Tuokioita (Ultraääni, 2023)
Koko maailma (Students of Decay, 2022)
Suontee, 23112021 (self-released, 2022)
Loput (Laaps 2022)
Värejä hangella (Active Listeners Club 2021)
Mato syö lehteä (Superpang 2021)
Mustikoita ja kissankelloja (Mappa 2020)
Etäisyyksiä (Umland Editions/Q-O2, 2020)
Pisarassa (self-released, 2020)
Haalea (Longform
Editions 2019)
Loputon (PAI 2018)
Nielu (Florabelle 2017)
Unimetsä (Flau 2017)
Kehä (Lal lal lal/Ikuisuus 2017) Muovia (Preservation 2016)
Puu tuulessa (Cotton Goods 2015)
Korianteri (Lal lal lal 2014)
Auringonnousu pikseleinä (VAALD, 2014)
Yötaivas (Crummy Kids 2014) Kimalle (Dauw 2014)
Koittaa aika (Sunshine LTD 2013) Pohjoisen kesä (Jozik, 2012)
Ylitse (Avant Archive 2011)




















+ a few collaborations:

Yoichi Kamimura & Olli Aarni
Kōri no ryokō / Jäämatkailu (mappa, 2025)

Band of Weeds
New Pangaea (Superpang, 2025) Waiting for the Extinction :-( (self-released, 2019)

misty moon
nu-moon (Cudighi & Ultraääni, 2020)

Lichen Gumbo
Altered Village (Artsy, Ikuisuus, Jumatsuga & Lal lal lal)
Boilin’ (Aguirre, 2017)

Ostos
Arvoitusten vuono (Pulla Oy, 2020)
Tyhjyyden teitä (Pulla Oy, 2018) Linnunrata soi (Pulla Oy, 2015)

and even more solo stuff under older monikers Nuojuva and Ous Mal – for that stuff, click here.






Live performances at events and venues such as
MaerzMusik (Berlin), radialsystem ​(Berlin), The Nordic House (Reykjavik), 安養院 (Tokyo), Amos Rex (Helsinki), Uppsala Art Museum (Uppsala), Flow Festival (Helsinki), Jauna Muzika (Vilnius), Q-O2 (Bruessels), Alta Art Space (Malmö), Het Bos (Antwerpen), Polaris (Tokyo), Kiasma Art Museum (Helsinki), Tampere Biennale (Tampere), IHME Contemporary Art Festival (Helsinki), Pixelache (Helsinki) and Frameless (München).












Hobbies: long walks


















Solo exhibitions:

~1 vrk (Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, 2025)
Levykauppa (Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki, 2023)

Selected works in group exhibitions:

Helsinki Biennial 2025 (with Band of Weeds)

Äänestä. (Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, 2023)

Hello Dust – Konsultaatioita (Outo olo, Helsinki, 2020)

Paino – kokeellista runotaidetta (Galleria Ars Libera, Kuopio, 2019)
Movies:

Rulla Lauta Juhlat 2 – Toiseen Maailmaan (2025, 2 h 43 min). Directed by Jussi Simonen and Julius Hirvi, produced by Olli Aarni. Premiered at Bio Rex, Helsinki, January 2025.









Sound poetry/sound essay:

Tallentamisesta. Presented at the Runokuu festival in Helsinki, 2021.

Kaikki menee rikki. Radio feature with Jukka Herva. Yle 1, 2020.

Pisarassa. Presented at the Runokuu festival in Helsinki, 2020 and released by Nokturno, 2020.

Etäisyyksiä. Presented at the Mayday radio Marathon in Bruessels, 2020, and released by umland editions, 2020.

Merkkiääniä. Made during a digital residency with Nokturno, 2018.



Residencies in The Nordic House (Reykjavik), Q-O2 (Brussels), Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm), WORM (Rotterdam), Trainspotting Art Residency (Švenčionėliai), and Tekstin talo (Helsinki).


                                                                             




Other compositions:

“Siellä”. Oscillation Festival (Brussels), 2021.

“Timepiece”. A version of Peter Ablinger’s composition. MaerzMusik (Berlin), 2021. ⏱️












Workshops in Piet Zwart Institute’s Experimental publishing mastercourse (Rotterdam) and WORM (Rotterdam).



Works in collections:

Puiden itku. 4-channel generative sound installation and a listening room. Climate Whirl, Hyytiälä Forest Station. The University of Helsinki





Videos:

Sija (for Forecast Festival)
Music for Winter Sports @ Common Multiverse Initiative with Active Listeners Club
Ostos – Karvinen räp (music video)
Olli Aarni – Mustikoita ja kissankelloja (music video)
Roope Eronen – Angel Bounce (music video)
2ö18 (sk8 video)
Lichen Gumbo – Perfumed (music video)
Malmö Hyperspace (sk8 video)
NBD Files (sk8 video)
In search of Frasier DVD Box Set (sk8 video)

(if you really want to see more of my sk8 videos, send me an email)





Hard-to-classify work:
"Vantaanjoki" for Riversssounds













Publications:

Maarit Bau Mustonen & Olli Aarni girdėjau daug tokių / Olen kuullut monia tällaisia asioita (Multipöly, Helsinki, 2024)







Band of Weeds (artist group with Kalle Hamm, Lauri Ainala and Hermanni Keko). Works exhibited and/or performed in Randers Museum of Art (Randers, Denmark) Akademie der Künste der Welt (Köln Germany), Stavanger Art Museum (Stavenger Norway), Ladera Oeste (Guadalajara Mexico), Liquid Architechture Gallery (Melbourne Australia), etc.








Selected publishing editor work:

Franco "Bifo" Berardi: Mahdollinen tulevaisuus ja toivottomuuden aika. Translation to Finnish by Mika Pekkola. Tutkijaliitto 2019.

Lauri Ainala: Tuote. Svart Publishing 2018

Marjo Kaartinen, Hannu Salmi & Marja Tuominen: Maamme – itsenäisen Suomen kulttuurihistoria. SKS 2016.

📄️
It’s pretty neat to find an old page of Garfield on the street.