Jaakko Ruuska

An artist & researcher Jaakko Ruuska is a visiting researcher (postdoctoral) in the Doc­toral Pro­gramme in Fine Arts. His post-doctoral research concerns situated practices, like the performativity of text in the production of space. He is genuinely interested in the intertwining of disciplinary practices and dreaming. In his research, this theme motivates for example the research of the Finnish–Russian border zone. He holds a Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts Helsinki. Additionally Ruuska holds the Master of Art in the Documentary filmmaking from the Aalto-University (2012). Ruuska's multidisciplinary artistic practice is based on his background as documentary filmmaker, and his long career as performing artist in the live art collective Other Spaces.