Poetic
Archaeology is a group that brings together the expertise of an artist (Jan
Kaila), a photographer (Japo Knuutila) and an archaeologist (Jan Fast).
The
research project is coordinated by the doctoral programme of the Academy of
Fine Arts, and in this exhibition we get to see the results of their project
Deutsches Lager – Inside and Beside the Camp. Using an innovative combination
of artistic and scientific methodologies, the three researchers have studied a
transit camp of the German army that used to be located in Tulliniemi, Hanko,
in 1942–1944, both in collaboration and individually.
The camp
was used by soldiers in transit to Lapland and back to Germany, and traces of
the life in the camp can be found along a hiking trail that was recently opened
in Tulliniemi. There are, for example, three barracks, which provide a still
picture into the life during the Second World War.
Numerous artefacts have also been uncovered in the archaeological digs in the area.
Numerous artefacts have also been uncovered in the archaeological digs in the area.
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