Expunction – Deleting intima.org Net Art Works
11 May – 16 June 2011
We, Finns, we don't use chains!
Title: We, Finns, we don't use chains! / # dystopian territorial database # net SiM_ultation
255 files: 2.09 MB
Created: 2003 (Antwerp, Belgium)
Deleted: 22 May 2011
Author: Igor Štromajer
Produced by Produced by Intima Virtual Base - www.intima.org
Original structure:
- 9 CLASS files
- 1 JAR file
- 121 HTML files
- 123 GIF files
- 1 JPG file
Original URL:
h t t p : / / w w w . i n t i m a . o r g / f i n n s
- List of exhibitions (until 2007): intima.org/exhibit.html
- List of selected related texts (until 2007): intima.org/archives.html
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Origins of the title and of the project:
(e-mail correspondence, fragment)
From: Igor Štromajer (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
To: Raumars Producer | Suvi Aarnio (Rauma, Finland)
Subject: Questions / Raumars Artist-in-residence- programme
Date sent: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:57
[...]
My intention was, as I've already mentioned, to come by car, because I would like to be mobile. Is it a good idea or not? What are the weather/road conditions from March to May in southern Finland? Is it possible to drive with "continental" winter equipment (winter tyres plus chains) or would I need something special? My car went all over Finland already, but that was in the summer time, in July...
Please give me your suggestions.
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From: Suvi Aarnio | Raumars Producer
To: Igor Štromajer
Subject: Re: Questions / Raumars Artist-in-residence- programme
Date sent: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:46
[...]
We Finns, we don't use chains, because the roads are usually cleaned very well. However, we use winter tyres, normally with metal studs (or pins) from November to April or even May. The studs are not obliged, but the winter tyres with heavy patters (deeper tracks in the tire surface) are. So the normal winter tyres without pins would be fine for you.
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Igor Štromajer driving in Finland, March 2003
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