Helsinki-Savonlinna

Media art work by Jaakko Ruuska and Ilmari Säävälä is the account of a journey from Helsinki to Savonlinna on foot and by canoe over the period 16.7.–12.8.2013. The distance of 300 out of the 450 kilometres, that takes by car between three and four hours, took by foot and canoe for 27 days. The walk exposes the experience of the energy, that the use of fossil fuel hides underneath the frame of the car. Helsinki–Savonlinna consists of a 15-minute single-channel videoed performance produced by Jaakko Ruuska in the course of the journey, together with two maps and Ilmari Säävälä’s readings from the notes that he made at the time. The installation was simultaneously presented in the locations of the two ends of the journey, Helsinki and Savonlinna in 2015.