2004

Video installation (single channel)

Variable dimensions / Loop 39 minutes

Powerful images of people throwing objects and things such as blue paint, red flowers, an egg and a stone directly into the camera’s eye were made evident by slow–motion footage and edited with archival images in black & white of a number of political demonstrations that took place in Finland during the 20th century. The resulting blown–up images were later projected for the first time onto the facade of Kiasma, the Museum of contemporary art in Helsinki. 

After Pieter Sloterdijk in Spheren III, the act of throwing something constitutes a significant milestone in the history of Homo sapiens. When primitive man learnt to throw things, he paved the way toward communication over distance. Before the existence of language, to communicate with others without physically moving, men threw things to attract the other’s attention. To this day, throwing remains a social means of communication and protest.