{"id":2879,"date":"2012-03-28T19:54:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T16:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eero.storijapan.net\/docfolio\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=2879"},"modified":"2018-03-29T08:19:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T05:19:41","slug":"nokia-landscape-2012","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/eero.storijapan.net\/docfolio\/portfolio\/nokia-landscape-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia Landscape (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Performanssi on the Road” is a moving live-art festival. The artists and the audience travel around Southwest Finland by bus. Artists perform at pre-selected stops. When the site was in a city locals join the audience. The project was curated by Regional Artist Leena Kela<\/strong> and it’s produced by The Arts Council of Southwest Finland.<\/p>\n

I took part in the event 2012 with a piece called “Nokia Landscape (Salo Factory)”. Kela suggested that my work would be build in relation to the Nokia mobile phone factories of Salo.. The city was under heavy turmoil as the factory was being closed and the workers laid off. The performance was executed in steps along the trip..<\/p>\n

After we departed Turku passengers where advised to open packages. Each contained an interview in which a 29 year old creative entrepreneur explained “What is Innovation”, a wooden block attached with instructions to make a mobile phone out of it and some New Holland tractor brochures.<\/p>\n

Quote from event brochure: [..] The world economy is effected by emotions, impressions, the weather and the scenery we see trough our windows. At the Nokia Factories in Salo we’ll be introduced with technologies that have build our beloved national sceneries. […]<\/p>\n

The passengers worked to convert the blocks into mobile phones as we journed between performance venues. When we arrived to Salo I broadcasted a recorded interview using the buss amps. In the interview an ex-nokia employee talked of his mixed feelings over the affair. As the bus pulled over to the Nokia factory gate \u2013 A tractor drove to the scene. The audience was guided out and Matti Vasanko<\/strong> from the Salon Maatalouspalvelu Oyn begun a presentation explaining how the tractor works.<\/p>\n

I moderated the presentation and peoples questions.. As the audience learned how the tractors worked and what the farming scene is about, the turmoil around the Nokia factory layoffs began to feel dis-proportionate. The Nokia factories had only been around for a short while compared to the rural farming scene and related infrastructure of Salo. As we departed I played a recording in which a young man detailed all the different kinds of mobile- and smartphones he had owned (13 phones).<\/p>\n

We continued the trip and people worked with their mobile phone until the evening festivities. Before dinner I collected the prototype phones and burned them outdoors as a surprise.<\/p>\n

“Performanssi on the Road” on liikkuva esitystaide festivaali. Taiteilijat ja yleis\u00f6 kulkevat pitkin Varsinais-Suomea bussilla, jonka pys\u00e4htyess\u00e4 taiteilijat esiintyv\u00e4t. Pys\u00e4hdysten sattuessa kylill\u00e4 yleis\u00f6ksi p\u00e4\u00e4see my\u00f6s paikallisia. Hankkeen kuraattorina toimi L\u00e4\u00e4nintaiteilija Leena Kela ja se on toteutettiin Varsinais-Suomen taidetoimikunnan toimesta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Osallistuin tapahtumaan 2012 teoksella “Nokian maisema”. Kelan ehdotuksen mukaisesti esitykseni toteutettiin suhteessa Nokian juuri alas-ajamiin Salon tehtaisiin ja irtisanomisia seuranneeseen kuohuntaan. Esitykseni toteutui pitkin bussimatkaa..<\/span><\/p>\n

Turusta l\u00e4hd\u00f6n j\u00e4lkeen matkustat ohjeistettiin avaamaan paketit, joista l\u00f6ytyi 29 vuotiaan yritt\u00e4j\u00e4 kertomus otsikolla “Mit\u00e4 on innovaatio”. Sek\u00e4 ohjeistus askarrella paketista l\u00f6ytyv\u00e4st\u00e4 kalikasta k\u00e4nnykk\u00e4. Paketissa oli my\u00f6s New Holland traktori esitteit\u00e4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitaatti esitteest\u00e4: [..] Maailmantalouteen vaikuttavat tunteet ja mielikuvat, s\u00e4\u00e4t ja maisemat. NOKIAn tehtailla tutustutaan teknologiaan, joka on luonnut rakastetut kansallismaisemat […]<\/span><\/p>\n

Matkustajat askartelivat k\u00e4nnyk\u00f6it\u00e4 muiden taiteilijoiden esitysten v\u00e4lill\u00e4. Saapuessamme Saloon soitatin bussin stereoilla haastattelun. \u00c4\u00e4nitteell\u00e4 Nokialta juuri irtisanottu ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4 kertasi l\u00e4hd\u00f6n her\u00e4tt\u00e4mi\u00e4 ristiriitaisia tunnelmia. Bussin pys\u00e4htyess\u00e4 tahtaiden portille, paikalle karautti traktori.. Yleis\u00f6 ohjattiin ulos ja Salon Maatalouspalvelu Oyn Matti Vasanko ryhtyi esittelem\u00e4\u00e4n traktorin toimintaa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ohjasin esittely\u00e4 ja yleis\u00f6 esitti kysymyksi\u00e4.. Rupattelun my\u00f6t\u00e4 traktoreiden toiminta periaatteet valottuivat ja Nokian tehtaiden tilanne vaikutti hetken suhteelliselta.. Alueella harjoitettuun maanviljelykseen verrattuna, tehdas oli ollut pystyss\u00e4 vasta v\u00e4h\u00e4n aikaa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yleis\u00f6 nousi takaisin bussiin ja kuuntelimme haastattelun, jossa mies kertasi kaikkien omistamiensa k\u00e4nnyk\u00f6iden (13 kpl) historian. Yleis\u00f6 jatkoi k\u00e4nnyk\u00f6iden askartelua iltatapahtumaan saakka jolloin ker\u00e4sin k\u00e4nnyk\u00e4t n\u00e4yttelyyn. Yll\u00e4tyksen\u00e4 k\u00e4vin polttamassa yleis\u00f6n valmistamat k\u00e4nnyk\u00e4t pihalla.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the support of \/ Yhteisty\u00f6ss\u00e4<\/span>: Salon Maatalouspalvelu Oy & Performanssi on the Road. Photo: Hannu Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n