In 1930 he designed "The temple of violence of mankind" in Minsk, Belarusia.
On the video, Valo can be seen wearing a t-shirt promoting "Aikuisten Lelukauppa", an adult toy store in Helsinki that is owned by his own father.
He won the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize in 1985 for his collection of poems Varastossa aina palaa valo (There is always a light in the Warehouse, Arvi Karisto).
A native of Rybník, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), Valo emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six.
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