I like beer. And I'm not alone, as an estimated 177.5 million kiloliters of beer are consumed worldwide each year. In Finland, beer consumption is estimated at 72 litres per year per person, which is a lot, but still less than in the Czech Republic, where beer is consumed the most (161 litres per person).

Beer, in simple terms, is a cereal that has been fermented and to which spices, such as hops, have been added. However, looking at different beer styles and beer drinking in different cultural contexts quickly reveals various cultural and political entanglements in which religion, trade, values, and ideologies (to name a few) are involved;

beer is never just beer.

At the core of this art and research project is a new materialist examination of beer as a living (from yeast and bacteria, further to the beer's agency in the world) and performing material. Therefore, I do not focus on beer as alcohol or a drug but as a material and part of a broader composition of more than human worlds.

So in the coming year, welcome to follow my progress into the different landscapes of beer. My first step is to look at one of the most popular beer styles in the world: lager. I will soon brew some lager, and after lagering it, I will paint with it. You can subscribe to this feed in your RSS reader if you want to keep updated about the process!