Paska juttu: Viimeinen katsoja [A shitty affair: The last viewer] (1987) in Finnish. Eeli Aalto shares his witness account as the last audience member of a Jumalan teatteri [Gods Theater?] group performance in Oulu. Aalto refused to leave the room despite being whipped, stripped and harassed. All the other audience members were chased a way from the space by actors who threw feces, yogurt, explosives and blasted fumes from fire extinguishers. Aalto responded: “Please continue, I want to see the rest of the show”. The event reminds me of Non Grata performances. Pumped into an odd performance documentation of a piece by Pentti Otto Koskinen Ilmaisanti – Free of charge (1990).
Eero Yli-Vakkuri