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Nina Lassila

Günter und Mutti

Performance | dv | couleur | 3:7 | Finlande, Allemagne | 2011

A Groucho Marx like character analyzes 2 found objects - wooden trivets with the inscription Mutti and Günter on them. He makes up a story about Günter and Mutti . He also debates whether these trivets would work as art works exhibited in a gallery.

Nina Lassila is a visual artist born 1974 in Helsinki Finland, currently based in Berlin. She has taken part in several group shows and video festivals internationally i.e The Istanbul Biennial, Rencontres Internationals 2005 Kassel Documentary & Video art festival 2009, LOOP Barcelona, SHE DEVIL V Macro Museum Rome, Nordic Art Express - Nordic Video Art on tour. Education: Swedish Polytechnics FIN 1994-1997, School of Photography & film Gothenburg SE 2000-2002, Valand School of Fine Arts (MFA) 2004-2006, Guest at ENSAD Paris.