2001 – ongoing
For the past twenty-five years, I have taken a single photograph each day, marking its surface with a personal or world-political event that occurred on that very day.
Silomäki followed a set of personally developed rules when photographing My Weather Diaries: one photograph per day, no tripods, no lighting tricks, and no conscious arrangement. The image has to come about alongside the rest of daily life, as mechanically as possible. The aim is to refrain from conscious content creation and to allow the meaning of the images to develop freely over time. Any significance lies in the image’s relationship with time — if it is to manifest at all. The photographs are accompanied by writings on subjects ranging from contemporary global news to intimate inner experiences. As the news cycle and Silomäki’s personal life intertwine, geographical distances lose their meaning. When the project began, the weather was not a politically charged issue. Today, every atmospheric change is perceived through the lens of the climate crisis.
Teaser
The archipelago of Pori, I am in love. Today there is an environmental
conference in Bonn: The Kyoto Protocol is ready to be ratified.
Finlandia Hall, three hours after the collapse of the World Trade Center.
Helsinki, the day that six million people around the world were demonstrating against Iraqi War.
Hamburg. Ariel Sharon was ready to relinquish some colonies for the sake of peace
Anu breastfeeding at the Pére Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Little green men appear in the Crimea peninsula in Ukraine: soldiers without national identification.
Malmi. I am in the park with Anu and Leinu. It is the Arab Spring.
The hashtag # MeToo is spreading on social media.
Girls are playing on the Ruutinkoski Beach.
At the same time, a new kind of virus is spreading in China.
Russia began an all-out military offensive on Ukraine at 5:00 am by air, land and sea. The age of peace in Europe is over.
I returned to Helsinki from the cottage after the news blackout. Three days earlier, Hamas had launched a massive attack on Israel, firing thousands of rockets and sending fighters across the border. In response, Israel had launched extensive airstrikes in Gaza. I look up from my phone screen and stare out the window for a moment.
Selected works 2001 – 2025
