Sam Kris

Guitar Improvisionist / Cinematic Interactor / Word Composer


Welcome


August 21, 2024

Helsinki City, August 13, 2024.


July 23, 2024

Helsinki City, July 23, 2024.


July 6, 2024

Helsinki City, June 30, 2024.


May 3, 2024

Helsinki City, May 2, 2024. More street photography on section Helsinki Street Photography.


March 12, 2024

There is a new declaration: Declaration of Creation.


February 21, 2024

For awaking creation.
For expressing emotions and ideas.
For creating intersubjective reality.
For healing the loneliness of lonesam people out there, somewhere.
For your uniqueness.

I have a page on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/samkris


February 4, 2024

Sisu Rock Creative Spirit introduced.


February 2, 2024

Sisu Rock Artistic Artillery established today.


January 31, 2024

It’s time for Sisu Rock!


January 14, 2023

Escape from Tradition is a series of solo guitar improvisations for realizing escaping.
I will add new improvisations in the series as soon as I play them.

More information on page Escape from Tradition.

YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKbv11ltxnFdbm7dtzT4_yLgVilXzSLZp


December 25, 2023

I played a guitar instrumental of a classic christmas song Heinillä härkien kaukalon. Composition: Trad.

Take 1 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A5w0QKmZ0Ew
Take 2 on YouTube: https://youtu.be/57efokq4yJQ


November 19, 2023

In 2009 I made a series of pastel paintings. I was inspired to reproduce with pastels one of my old photographs. The original photo was shot in Stockholm in the 1980’s. Here is my interpretation of that photo as a pastel painting. You can see the original photo in the gallery Street Photography 1987-89.


November 12, 2023

A collection of Street Photography 1987-89. This picture is from Paris ca. 1988.


November 9, 2023


November 6, 2023

I wrote a logical conclusion, that is based on Wittgenstein’s thought. It’s in Finnish.
Kirjoitin jatkoajatuksen ja päätelmän Wittgensteinin kuuluisasta lausunnosta: Puheen jatkaminen.


November 4, 2023

I wrote Introduction to Theory for Dignity of Notes. It’s only in Finnish at the moment.
Kirjoitin johdannon sävelarvoteoriaan: Johdanto sävelarvoteoriaan.


November 3, 2023

I wrote about cinematic lighting. It’s in Finnish: Paljastava valo, kätkevä varjo.


October 11, 2023

I wrote something about “escaping the framing” in Ingmar Bergman’s film Winter Light. The text is only in Finnish: Pako rajauksesta.


October 2, 2023

A new series of guitar improvisations in 20 parts is released.

For Lonesam People is a collection of electric guitar improvisations for healing loneliness. The tracks were played in loneliness without interacting with anyone. There was no audience, no other players. However, now the tracks are online and interaction is possible.

All tracks are instant improvisations and they were recorded in the summer 2023.

Something interesting happened, when I played For Lonesam People -improvisations. I played a lot of minor second intervals on many tracks. In a minor second interval two notes of the chromatic scale are closest to each other. In any other interval two notes are further away from each other. That’s why a minor second interval is a metaphor for closeness. It symbolizes a need to get in touch, to have interaction and to heal loneliness. Playing minor second intervals was a thematic expression of a need to heal loneliness. However, when I played these improvisations in the summer 2023, I didn’t yet know that I played them for healing loneliness. I realized the purpose later. That’s why the deep meaning of playing minor second intervals was totally subconscious. I played them just because I was feeling, that they sound good!

YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKbv11ltxnFe2e2r_tolXrkG7341F2c4R


September 24, 2023


September 10, 2023


August 16, 2023

Would you like to sit on that bench for a while?


July 16, 2023

New photos on Images section. This one taken on July 12th. Summer.


April 22, 2023

Would you like to sit on that bench for a while?


February 8, 2023

There is a new writing Aikamoiset taiteet. I’m trying to figure out, how time, happiness and art are connected to each other. This is only in Finnish.


January 23, 2023

I wrote something “philosophical”. Check out on Writings section:
A Moral Philosophy of Freedom


January 8, 2023

Colour Scale is a collection of solo electric guitar improvisations in different colours.
Enjoy the interaction and entanglement of colourful notes.

There is a YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKbv11ltxnFf7YnGVFaPIIjxio5aGX3xX


January 5, 2023

There is a new collection of photos in section Images: A Lonely Boat.


January 3, 2023

I wrote something about lighting. It’s on Writings section, only in Finnish: Ydin tarvitsee valoa (The Core Needs Light).


January 3, 2023

What is a psychiartist? There is no spelling mistake. It’s “artist”. There are also art-fighters. I tried to explain, who they are, on this short article in Writings section: We Need More Art-Fighters.


January 2, 2023

This morning I’m inspired by Dostoyevsky and Hesse. They said some things about love. Check out Dostoyevsky and Hesse.


December 31, 2022

Delusion of Powerlessness explained on Writings section. Delusion of Powerlessness is dangerous.

This picture taken December 2, 2022.


November 26, 2022

I wrote a new declaration, Declaration of Confusion.

“My Dahlia, I’m in deep confusion.”


November 22, 2022

For lifesaving only.


November 11, 2022

Some new photos for the gallery Benches.


November 5, 2022


October 31, 2022

There was a quiet atmosphere on the seashore yesterday. I added some new photos to the gallery Moments on the Seashore.


September 19, 2022

For Her, Who Healed Me

For her,
for creating a connection,
for opening a dialogue,
for being sincere,
to you,
who healed me.

YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKbv11ltxnFdAoBpjUb4RLk0BBZQTVBNC


September 17, 2022

There was a quiet atmosphere on the seashore this evening. I took some new photos. Now they are in the gallery Moments on the seashore.


September 12, 2022

I can hear some kind of melancholy in Part 25 of the collection Lonely Work (In a Year 2020).

My melancholy on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R75a5Nh2AZw


September 11, 2022

On a walk.


September 11, 2022

Lonely Work (In a Year 2020) is a collection of home made music. All tracks in this series were made at home alone, in a home studio, during year 2020. I guess you know, why this music was made lonely at home alone in a year 2020.

Today first two pieces of music in this collection are ready for your listening pleasure.

In Part 41 you might hear some Holdsworthian influences in my guitar playing. It’s not an accident.

My “nothing accidental” music on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8Ie8SjcQLaM

In Part 39 there is some more jazz-prog-fusion-holdsworthian-whatever guitar solo stuff.

My “whatever stuff” on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wcz77jrHGgQ


September 5, 2022

Simply Complex – Part 114 is a piece of music, that I made in my homestudio, in November 2021. Today I finalized it, and now it’s ready for your listening pleasure. The guitarist gets a little angry during the guitar solo. That’s an example of expressing an emotion.

Expressing angriness with a guitar on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q7IQmqrdrzo


September 3, 2022

A new series of photos, “Plant-series“. With scientific Latin plant names, dates and descriptions. Check out on Images-section.

“August 7th, 2022. Dahlia coccinea. Authority in the background.”


August 28, 2022

The first letter in the series Letters to Directors is published on Writings-section. It’s for you, Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Unfortunately it’s only in Finnish at the moment.


August 19, 2022


July 28, 2022

For Lifesaving is a series of acoustic guitar improvisations. Instant improvisations, without any preparation, recorded on a computer and captured on video.

There are 19 videos on YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKbv11ltxnFcDVz7IRh1Lma-rUSpZJKjM


June 1, 2022

There is only first class space.
It’s our space.
It’s your space.
It’s space for everyone.
First class.

Track “First Class Space“: https://youtu.be/3rfciG2vgqg


May 8, 2022

New short film Kaipuu (Longing).

Joskus on niin vaikeaa elää tässä päivässä, että on mentävä eteenpäin.

A longing for the future, a longing for the past. It can be hard to live today.

You can watch the film on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/677714341


April 7, 2022

Lights! Camera! Action!


January 6, 2022

Someone. Somewhere. Someday.


December 7, 2021

Sunrise, somewhere.


June 1, 2021

Mennyt (Bygone) is a short film about stillness and movement. Check out on Union-page.