Lauri 2000

Lauri 2000 is a Helsinki based person, concept, performance, artist, politician, musician, writer and academic.

Their pseudonym is composed of a typical Finnish first name and a number. The number has several implications.

First, a number of any kind highlights the power of language and social connections. Lauri 2000 cannot know all the ways to pronounce their own name. We only exist in relation to others.

Second, the specific number 2000 refers to future past. In the year 2000 we were supposed to live in the future. Alas, it felt mostly like 1999. Or 2001. Suddenly the future was gone, and all that was left was the present. Where did our future go?

Third, the pseudonym makes them feel like a robot. Which is cool.