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The main characters of Dolle are two moles and their sleeping children. The moles are robots built specifically for the work, programmed to calculate a sequence of 53 numbers. Despite their precise programming, the moles arrive at different results and continuously restart their task from the beginning. Small signs—such as the hoot of an owl and the drip of water from a faucet—mark the passage of time as they face their seemingly endless task.

Diego Marcon is an Italian contemporary artist who explores the language, narrative, and structure of film. Instead of spoken language and a unified storyline, Marcon’s films often highlight the visual narrative and repetition itself.

The work will be on view in the Saastamoinen Foundation Media Space at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art from February 12, 2025, to September 7, 2025

Set in a world of emotions and sensations, the film follows a couple talking in a car in an ordinary French suburb. Suddenly, two police officers interrupt them and detain one of the protagonists to conduct a body search. Special effects take the viewer inside the protagonist’s mind, offering an embodied experience of what it feels like to have one’s body taken away. ‘When the police stop us and search our bodies, we are no longer subjects but become dangerous objects,’ the artist has described.

Mohamed Bourouissa (b. 1978, Algeria) often addresses social issues and the experiences of immigrants in his video and photographic works. He is regarded as one of the most important French artists of his generation.

American artist Rashaad Newsome’s (b. 1979) silent work Untitled (New Way) (2009) transforms the moving body into something sculptural, like a spatial drawing, while honoring the cultural specificity and skill of vogue dance. Value hierarchies dissolve as Newsome’s dancer claims the white cube with virtuosic movement. The work is exceptionally presented outside the media room, as part of the collection exhibition’s display, creating a dialogue with other works in the show.