Jun
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In
the Middle of a Movie
Los Angeles premiere!
Tellervo Kalleinen in person!
For the last three years Finnish artist Tellervo Kalleinen had an unusual
occupation: she traveled around the globe placing ads: "Plan a film
scene in your home and give a Finnish woman a role in it". She went
to every home where she was invited and acted in the roles she was given.
Each scene is brief, and they vary as greatly as the imaginations
of her writers in each country.
Altogether 65 film scenes were filmed in peoples’ homes - all of
them very different from each others. The project was realized in
Helsinki (Finland), Hamburg (Germany), Los Angeles (USA), Seydisfjördur
(Iceland), St. Petersburg (Russia) and Tallinn (Estonia). Kalleinen worked
with local cameramen as she wanted to grasp local aesthetics on films.
The insights into the cities and the people are remarkable, from
quiet domesticity to violent exploitation, revealing how people view the
possibilities of video differently from country to country.
Part of this highly unique project will be screened tonight: the scenes
made in Los Angeles in 2004 (25 min) as well as a compilation of scenes
made in other countries (30 min). Tellervo Kalleinen, born 1975, is an
artist living and working in Helsinki, Finland. She works with videos,
performances, music and social art projects.
In the Middle of a Movie has been presented earlier in KIASMA
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki; Kunsthalle Lophem, Belgium; Gallery
Salvador Diaz, Madrid; National Art Museum, Bucharest; Museo de Arte Buenos
Aires; Capasete, Rio De Janeiro; Ex Teresa Arte Actuel, Mexico City; Sørlandets
Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway; Museo de Arte de Lima; and Art Museum
of Estonia, Tallinn.
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