Artist: Laura Horelli (FI)
Genre: Art Film
Finland, 2002-2003 / 13 min (Mini DV), colour & sound

The Film
The film presents interviews and images from a shipyard in Finland that builds cruise ships. Short sequences from cruise vessels in operation at the port-of-call of San Juan are also shown. The film attempts to address the division of work and to concentrate, especially, on the »invisible work« involved in this popular leisure industry. Employees from various departments of the company were asked to describe their work and their personal views on different aspects of the industry. The interviews were conducted during working hours.
Helsinki Shipyard has been further developed into the video installation Helsinki Shipyard/Port San Juan.

Laura Horelli
Laura Horelli (b. 1976 in Helsinki) lives and works in Berlin. 1997-2002 she studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Klasse Bayrle in Frankfurt, Germany, and 1995-2001 at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Department of Time and Space. Selected Solo Exhibitions took place at the Galerie im Taxispalais in Innsbruck, Austria and in 2003 You Go Where You’re Sent at the Galerie Barbara Weiss in Berlin.