MONOLOGUES
is a ”work in progress” project by Kimmo Koskela and Kimmo Sarje
It started in 1994. Today the project consists of 25 monologues of Finnish independent thinkers:
Artists, composers, philosophers, researchers, scientists etc.
Each of them performs an independent monologue for the camera.
The duration of each monologue varies between 25 to 40 minutes.
The first ten monologues had its premiere in 1998, as ten monitors installation and interactive installation
in the opening show of Kiasma, the new museum of contemporary art in Helsinki, Finland
Recorded monologues apr. in the recording order:
1. Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo, Artist: Practice and `a Science of Progress`
2. Anne Fried, Writer: Jewishness ja Christianity in my Life
3. Sven Krohn, Professor of Philosophy: Impulses of my Philosophy
4. Göran Schildt, Writer and Art Historian: Personality and Values
5. Sven Willner, Essayist and Journalist: Existential Questions and the Tradition of Enlightenment in Finland Swedish litterature
6. Martti Siirala, Psychiatrist: Perception, Experience, Discussion
7. Salme Sarajas-Korte, Art Historian: French Impulses in my Reaserch of Symbolism
8. Pertti Lindfors, Philosopher: Marxism and Eino Kaila
9. Einojuhani Rautavaara, Composer: Creative Process of Composing
10. S. Albert Kivinen, Philosopher: Philosophy of Mind and the Analytical Tradition
11. Jaakko Hintikka, Professor of Philosophy: Current Challences of Analytical Philosophy
12. Kirsti Simonsuuri, Writer: What Does Finnish Language Mean to Me?
13. Matti Klinge, Professor of History: Thruth and Synthesis
14. Hannu Eerikäinen, Philosopher: Feminism and Theory as Fiction
15. Anna-Leena Siikala, Folklorist, Professor: Cultural differencies of West and East Finland, Periferies and Centres in Russia, Original Cultures and Western Civilization
16. Altti Kuusamo, Professor of Art History: Cezanne and the Mystification of Painting
17. Eero Tarasti, Professor of Musiology: France in the End of the 19th Century, France as my Ideal
18. Tarmo Kunnas, Professor of Literature: My France
19. Outi Heiskanen, Artist, Academician: About Line
20. Hannu Väisänen, Artist: Versatility is my Creativity
21. Yrjo Haila, Professor of Science of Enviroment: Environmental Changes and Science
22. Tuija Pulkkinen, Professor of Philosophy: Feminism and Philosophy
23. Erik Kruskopf, Art Critic, Ph.D.: Work of a Critic
24. Kaj Chydenius, Composer: Poetry, Songs and the Modernism
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25.Silja Rantanen, Painter: Experience of Space
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26....
25 x apr. 30min monologues
TV-series, DVD, Internet-tv, Installation
MONOLOGUES samples
