Sound and media artist Jukka Hautamäki (b. 1971 Oulu) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Hautamäki works with found materials, electronics, sound, light and video. His music style could be described as abstract noise with a rhythmic twist. Hautamäki has performed live in Europe and North America. Performance venues include La-bas Biennale, Lal lal lal and AAVE festival in Helsinki, Ges21 in St. Petersburg, Mengi in Reykjavik, Avatar Centre in Quebec City, Electric Knife in London, Madame Claude in Berlin and CT-SWaM at Fridman Gallery in New York. Hautamäki has kept interactive sound art and electronics workshops and courses in Finland (Helse, MUU, Aalto University), Germany, Poland and Estonia in subjects such as: diy cmos synths, Arduino, MaxMSP, Puredata, circuit bending, hardware hacking, wearable electronics and solar and wind powered diy synths. Hautamäki has participated in numerous residency programs including: Migaa.eu laboratory in Kaunas, Lithuania (2015), Skaftfell in Seydisfjordur, Iceland (2014), Field_Notes – Deep Time laboratory in Finnish Bio Art Society, Kilpisjärvi, Finland (2013), Avatar Centre in Quebec City, Canada (2012), Mustarinda in Hyrynsalmi, Finland (2012), New York Culture Institute in New York, US (2011), Finnish Atelje Foundation in St. Petersburg, Russia (2011), Cites des Arts in Paris, France (2010).
