Emil Santtu Uuttu Et al. – On Photographs
Emil Santtu Uuttu etal.’s work*Valokuvista* examines image archives, metadata, and research publications from the perspective of absences and small gestures. What is left out?
The premiere follows the research project's Picture Me: Presenting Queer Visual History first international conference, Visual History Now, held at the Tampere University in October 2026.
WORKING GROUP
Emil Santtu Uuttu’s writing and stage works explore deep time, constant change, and pleasure, or the role of memory institutions and historical research. Uuttu’s first play, Ihana tytär Erika – Huomioita nimestä (Lovely Daughter Erika – Notes on a Name, translated by Roy Boswell) (Teatteri Takomo, Kiasma Teatteri, and SKS 2023), was awarded both the Archival Act of the Year 2023 and the Lea Prize 2024.
Jussi Ulkuniemi is a queer artist, photographer, dance maker, and pedagogue. Ulkuniemi is currently engaged in a long-term exploration of queer intimacy, non-normative bodily expressions, and human relationships through his photography project Textures of Queer Intimacy (2022–2026), and is developing a contemporary dance solo titled “Glimmering” (premiering in Helsinki in 2027) that explores the male body and femmephobia. In the autumn of 2026, Ulkuniemi will also teach in the Queer Dance Group.
Vieno Järventausta is an artist and filmmaker whose work focuses on different kinds of knowledge formation and production. Their previous film, Study the Stars Tonight, was screened at DocPoint and FIDMarseille.
Production: Et Alia
Supported by: TheKone Foundation and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Fund
