GonzoDok – Cultural Homes of Pori, first season
Galleria Huuto – Pikkujätkä
30.5.-14.6.2015
GonzoDok production team is the collaborative effort of two artists Ville
Kirjanen and Jussi Matilainen.
Matilainen is a visual and performing artist who utilizes the moving image
in its various forms. An important element of his work is collaborating with
other artists and researchers, also as apart of MRCVE group that has produced
various lectures, performances and short movies.
Kirjanen is a visual artist residing in Pori whose sculptural installations
have been seen around the country.
Both of them are actively involved in performance and exhibition projects
of the artist collective T.E.H.D.A.S.
Cultural Homes of Pori is documentary series that begun in the spring of
2014 and pays homage to the tradition of gonzo journalism. The production
team visits various homes in Pori that can be viewed through the ever
expanding definitions as being “a cultural home”. The project
challenges the established notions of what is “a cultural home” as it tries to
capture the essence of its subjects as well as to reveal something substantial about a
culture defined to a specific place and time.
The documentary series also evolves into a subjective study of two
out-of-town artists acclimating into the small town culture.
