FinnCycling-Soumi-Perkele! Volume 2
Tuomaala Martta
Perkele is a cursing word in Finnish and refers to the devil. Suomi means Finland in Finnish, but Soumi means absolutely nothing. FinnCycling-Soumi-Perkele! dives into the dark side of Finland. It is a combination of politics, dark humour and protest rap in a form of an indoor cycling exercise: one woman’s gritty protest against all-male austerity politics.
Production Year
2017
Duration
01:00:00
Asiasana
body image, capitalism, control, discipline, economy, feminism, installations (works of art), political art, politics, society, sports, women
Original Title
FinnCycling-Soumi-Perkele! Volume 2
Finnish Title
FinnCycling-Soumi-Perkele! Volume 2
English Title
FinnCycling-Soumi-Perkele! Volume 2
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Martta Tuomaala (Author), Kerttu Hakkarainen (Cinematographer), APROX (Composer), Terttu Järvelä (Composer), R. Liininen (Composer), Martta Tuomaala (Director), Johannes Valkonen (Editor), Martta Tuomaala (Script), Martta Tuomaala (Actor), Kerttu Hakkarainen (Color Grading), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Mesenaatti.me (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Veli-Pekka Pehkonen (Grip), Kerttu Hakkarainen (Lighting), Veli-Pekka Pehkonen (Runner), Ilmari Jyskä (Sound Design), Ilmari Jyskä (Sound Recording)
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Martta Tuomaala is a Helsinki-based visual artist (MA) who works between documentary and fiction. She works with various forms of film, video and installation. Over the past decade she has mainly focused on work culture and workers’ issues. Tuomaala has worked in many low-income fields and her own experiences have inspired her to create projects that emphasize workers’ rights.