Red Heritage
Carl Sebastian Lindberg
13-16.6.2018
Opening 13.6 @ 4 pm – 8 pm
Closing reception 16.6 @ 4 pm – 8 pm
Visiting hours (13-16.6) @ 4 pm - 8 pm
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Closing reception 16.6 @ 4 pm – 8 pm
Visiting hours (13-16.6) @ 4 pm - 8 pm
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/748991198824436/
Red Heritage is a documentary about The Finnish Civil War in 1918 and it’s influence on contemporary Finland from the perspective of one family. The film tells the story of the artist Carl Sebastian Lindberg’s great-grandfather Antti Meritähti who fought for the Red Guards, as told by Lindberg’s relatives and through information from different archives. The fact that Lindberg’s great- grandfather fought for the Red Guards that lost the war is still a taboo in the family, and one of the interviewed, the artist’s uncle, is not willing to show his face in the film, we only see his hands.
Video duration: 22 min.
Language: Swedish with English subtitles.
The work was produced by Stiftelsen Pro Artibus.
The exhibition is supported by Visek and Nylands Nations Kulturfond.
Carl Sebastian Lindberg (b.1978, Helsinki) is a visual artist whose work deals with questions of class, nationalism, history and gender. Lindberg’s work has within the last years been exhibited at Galleri Elverket (Tammisaari), Backlight international Photo Festival (Tampere), Kunsthal Charlottenburg (Copenhagen), Rauma Art Museum, and MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK). He’s also a founding member of The Speech Karaoke Action Group.
www.sebastianlindberg.net
