Jaana Kokko
About stories with open enclosure
- An installation and its spin-offs

27.2.–14.3.2004



A child has built a lego tower
on one side a strange creature
a green spaceman
On the other a seesaw
If you were to break your neck
And a vine on the side for the shy
what a relief
our fall wouldn't be so high



The exhibition takes place in two spaces: the participants of the front room installation are a motorised puppet, a video and a female voice. These concurrent elements of the installation, and characters; their existence, action or non-action has no structured motive - they are - nothing.

At the back of the exhibition space I decided to compile an installation of the by-products of the front room installation; I might say a spin-off, something created in the process of making the installation. Now the poem becomes a room and the photographs, too, are arranged.


Installation is made in co-operation, and I have received support, also financial, in the process.

Thanks to:
Janne Virkkunen (technique and doll)
Inka Jokivalo (girl in the video)
Nimetön Ystävätär (sound-improvisation)
Christer Nuutinen (soundworks)
Jukka Ylitalo (coding of servos and step motors)
Tuomo Hutri (photography and lights).
Sari Monni (translation)

AVEK, the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture in Finland - Veli Granö
Visek, the Visual Art Promotion Centre, Finland
UIAH, University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland