Park is a video panorama (loop) depicting a space between the domesticated and the wild, a transmission stage between urban and natural environments. It is an autonomous zone with its own rules: in parks, things beyond the daily habits can be done.

The piece is realized through intricate video compositing techniques combining concrete places and characters that are familiar to our daily life experience; architecture, people and symbols of Helsinki and Berlin. It plays with the themes of urbanity / periphery, rationality/irrationality, tourism, sports and ecstasy.

The piece is produced for the Media Facades Festival by Berlin-based media artist Ulu Braun, specializing in video collage techniques and known for his skills to challenge our everyday experience. He studied at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, and at the University for Film and Television Potsdam, Germany. His works have been shown in solo and group exhibitions and screened at key international festivals. He also is a member of the YKON artist group based in Finland.

Directed and arranged by Ulu Braun

Staging: Katja Höppner, Shalmon Abraham, Ulduc, Niina Braun, Teuri Haarla, Anne Juren

Visual Support: Segio Bermúdez, Suni Hoffmann

Production support: Minna Tarkka/m-cult, Susa Pop, Public art lab

Thanks: AVEK