Viesti (Relay)

"Everything else, except sleeping, half-dead life!" Minna Canth

Viesti (Relay) Eight groups and/or individuals from the north-east Finnish town of Kuopio manifest a cause by running a lap of honor at the legendary Väinölänniemi sports stadium, today out of the limelight. Paired, one group runs and the other talks about the running group’s issue: the University Student group runs and the group for the preservation of the cultural center for the feminist writer Minna Canth speaks about the importance of free education. Atik Ismail, a local social worker known as a writer, leftist politician and former footballer, moderated the event together with us. The documentation film uses a split screen to show both the running and speaking groups simultaneously.

In collaboration with Laura Horelli.

Video still from Viesti (Relay)

Exhibitions & Festivals

ANTI -public art and performance festival in Kuopio, Finland, after the butcher, Berlin, Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris

In cooperation with

ANTI-Festival

In collaboration with

Visek

Viesti (Relay)

2008 Community performance and video documentation | 17 min | color | HD| stereo sound | Viesti-song by Miss le Bomb and Fred Bigot, vocals Kai Henttonen, Miss le Bomb, Fred Bigot, Laura Horelli and Anu Pennanen.