The Original Position

Bruno Diego

The Original Position consists of a color video projection with sound, and a framed newspaper photograph. The newspaper photograph, taken in a courtroom in the Helsinki district court was published as part of a press article on the trial of Markus Pentikäinen, a press photographer arrested during a demonstration against EU-Asia summit in Helsinki in 2006. He was accused of disobeying the police orders. The photograph shows Pentikäinen taking a picture of the interior of the courtroom, while he himself is being photographed by two other photographers in the same room. Finally, the picture as we see it is a take on the situation by a fourth photographer outside the frame of the image. The photograph from the newspaper serves as a guide, a sort of a script for the movement of the camera in the video.

Production Year
2010
Duration
00:03:57
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
The Original Position
English Title

The Original Position

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Diego Bruno (Author), Sami Kustila (Cinematographer), Diego Bruno (Director), Diego Bruno (Editor), Diego Bruno (Script), Diego Bruno (Sound Design)
Press Photos
Born in 1978 in Argentina, Diego Bruno lives and works in Helsinki. He studied History of Art at the University of Buenos Aires, holds a BA in Fine Arts from the Escola Massana, Barcelona and an MFA in Fine Arts from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. Bruno’s work has been shown at Wiels Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels; Museum of Latin American Art, Buenos Aires; Centre d´Art Santa Monica, Barcelona; Manifesta 08 Murcia; Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York; Center for Contemporary Art Celje; Extra City, Antwerp; The Solo Project, Basel; Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona and Malmö Kunsthalle, among others.