Not just a Matter of Passion
Lecklin Johanna
The video comprises two parallel narratives. One shows two young girls discussing the Finnish Civil War as they play a board game based on the 1918 conflict between the Reds and the Whites. In the other, a researcher is listening to an archive interview and viewing photographs taken at the time of the Civil War. Her work focuses on the fates of women and children on the red side of the conflict, the division that split Finnish society in two and the process by which each side attempted to dehumanise the other. The events are set in the present day, with some scenes shot on location in Mänttä-Vilppula, a site of the Civil War front line.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:13:51
Tyyppi
Asiasana
board games, children (age groups), civil wars, experimental films, feminism, Finnish Civil War, girls, human relations, listening, media art, political art, researchers, scientists and scholars, shooting, video art, women
Original Title
Ei ainoastaan intohimosta
English Title
Not just a Matter of Passion
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Johanna Lecklin (Author), Kerttu Hakkarainen (Cinematographer), Johanna Lecklin (Director), Johanna Lecklin (Editor), Johanna Lecklin (Script), Jyri Pirinen (Sound Design), VISEK (Funder), Föreningen Konstsamfundet (Funder), Svenska Kulturfonden (Funder), Alfred Kordelinin säätiö (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Johanna Works (Production Company)
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Johanna Lecklin (b. 1972) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2003 and studied in London at the Slade School of Fine Art, in UCL. Lecklin works with video and photography. Her video work is based on documentary, narrativity and performativity. Lecklin’s works have been presented in numerous exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including the City States exhibition at Liverpool Biennial (2010) and It’s a Setup at Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in Helsinki (2010).
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