PEACE LOVE FREEDOM or back to caves

Recording courtesy of Niko Tiainen

MAPSION 4th Edition 2025 Finland
Projected on the facade of Jyväskylä City Hall,
at the exhibition outside the competition.




PEACE LOVE FREEDOM or back to caves
synopsis

 


A bird is flying above an entrance to a cave where hundreds of human handprints are found, some of which radiate a subtle fluorescent light. Then the bird flies over a reversed explosion over the nuclear disarmament symbol, known as the peace symbol. The next explosion is a burst of paint. An urban imagery sequence unfolds, followed by the peace symbol immersed in flower power glow. The atmosphere turns sweet, but serenity is disturbed by anxious and tired birds flying in from far away. Then some unidentified shadows enter, stirring the peace symbol and trying it out. The watchful and attentive bird continues its flight above the cave, and so the story loops.

 Joanna E. Kabala, 05 October 2025, Eindhoven