International Collaborative Video Piece Sponsored by the Penn Music Department

KOSKETUS (the sense of touch in Finnish language) is a piece done in collaboration between Vilja Haapala, a Finish icon painter and contemporary artist, and Juan Carlos Castrillón Vallejo, graduate student in Ethnomusicology. The piece was commissioned by an art collective, Koronankohottamat, based in Finland that has set collaborations among artists during the quarantine. Juan and Vilja met at the Musicology Department of Helsinki University in late January, during a guest lecturing trip to Finland co-organized by Penn Alumna Nina Ohman, and funded by the Penn Music Department.