Tero Heikkinen

Finland °1975
research interests: drawing, drawing research, digital art, games, design
affiliation: University of the Arts Helsinki
en

I am currently a university researcher at Uniarts Helsinki. I study digital tools and platforms for research and journal publication. I have a design background and work with drawings, pixels, materials and code.

https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=7ya9VNMAAAAJ&hl=fi

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1105-9115

research

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  • Journal workflow (last edited: 2023) author(s): RUUKKU Journal This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
    The diagram of RUUKKU Journal workflow. The diagram shows the path of a submitted exposition through the peer review process.
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Peer reviewed expositions

  • Drawing Exercises (2017) author(s): Tero Heikkinen published in: RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
    In this exposition, I present three different exercises for drawing space and form that have been helpful in analyzing the current state of my drawings and refreshing my abilities. I look at the exercises in terms of skill building, reflective research practice and indwelling. The study is a process of framing and re-framing drawing through devising drawing tasks for the self. These exercises steer the drawing towards different directions or reinforce the skill. The broader practice of drawing also includes this direction-setting, both building and being aware of a space of possibilities for the drawing practice. Thoughtful drawing exercises can become material for research in the arts.
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  • Searching for Catalysts in the Practice of Drawing (2019) author(s): Tero Heikkinen published in: RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
    In this exposition, I discuss my recent exploratory drawing practice, with a background in design drawing. I have chosen to study and understand three-dimensional forms through drawing. Animation is looked at as a catalyst with which the forms and the task become better understood. I am looking at the alternation or tension between these ends: lines and shapes, still images and animations, while designing the shape of a hand and discussing what it is to know the shape of an object for the purposes of drawing.
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