Kiss Kiss on Her

Kiss Kiss on Her, 2015
Performance on another person, duration 105 min
Photography: Maria Vuorinen

Photogaphy: Päivi Leinonen

Video: Maria Vuorinen

Kiss Kiss @ Galleria Å

Kiss Kiss project started at my home studio in the summer 2014. At Galleria Å will be displayed the following images / videos / performances.

Kiss Kiss at Home (2014) is based on three photographs taken by me, by remote control. An intimate performance in front of the eye of the camera.

Kiss Kiss at Mannerheimintie (2014) is performance took place at The Night of the Arts in Helsinki. In the performance I step into the Galleria Seinäs’s display window beside the heavily trafficked Mannerheimintie. People are passing by, stopping, wacthing, not noticing. I kiss the window with my red lips until the world on the other side dissappear from me, me from the world. A kiss – a classic signfor love and affection has become its opposite. At Galleria Å the performance (original duration 75 min) will be displayed as a video documentation (5 min).

Kiss Kiss on Her (2015) increases the fear factor. Despite the presence of another person the loneliness and vulnerability are present, even more than before. Her name is Essi. For the performance her name, identity or our relationship are insignificant. Her role is to play a Human, the subject to be kissed. She is every one of Them, This is premiere. The performance has not been practiced in advance – no kiss has landed her skin yet. After the performance the video documentation will be displayed in the same space. And it is first after the performance there are more words to be said.

Kiss Kiss at Home, 2014

Photography: Maria Vuorinen

Vernissage: Thursday May 26, 18:00 - 20:00

Galleria Å


Kaskenkatu 1
20700 TURKU

puh. 045 132 4743

The event is sponsored by Fazer and Kiss-Kiss