Markku Hakala, Mari Käki: Giant's kettle
HIIDENKIRNU (The giant's kettle)
The giant's kettle is a cultural trap that has formed over thousands of years, from which we are searching for a way out.
The giant's kettle is a lament in a world that has become increasingly difficult to identify with.
The giant's kettel is an art exhibition in which photographs on the wall come alive and begin to move.
The giant's kettle is a series of impassive landscape images depicting the inner landscape of a world with no alternatives.
The giant's kettle is repeated falling and attempts to remain standing, collapsing under the force of gravity, a massive stone lifted onto ones head and cling film wrapped around the head.
The giant's kettle is a series of dreamlike flashes from a few-minute-long moving images, exploring the dualistic dynamics of the mind. Broken figures repeating the ingrained roles of civilization, searching for a way out, for connection with one another, with nature, with themselves—without understanding, relying on knowledge alone. Emotions kept hidden.
The giant's kettle is a work born from the dialogue between Markku Hakala and Mari Käki and six years of shared work, exploring an expressive space between film and photographic art.
The giant's kettle is an art film that has received several awards at international film and photography festivals.
The giant's kettle is an exhibition of moving images and photographic prints based on the film.
The giant's kettle is a cultural trap that has formed over thousands of years, from which we are searching for a way out.
About the artists
Markku Hakala, M.A., born in 1975, made the leap from growth entrepreneurship to becoming an artist. He also has a background as a researcher in computer science.
Mari Käki, M.A., born in 1973, studied literature and women's studies and also works as a work-life supervisor and trainer. For Mari, dialogue is life, and life is dialogue.
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