Metal/Kreenholm
Videoinstallation
The film Kreenholm (2009) tells the story of this textile factory at the border of Estonia and Russia through the memories of an elderly woman, Dora. She recalls how her family’s story is intertwined with that of the fabric, and of the generations that have worked there. Kreenholm was a unique example of 19th century industrial organisation..
The last decades of its life as a factory reflect the current development of the textile industry from technocracy to brand-building and marketing. Delocalization, restructuring and globalization are all well-known today and in this region they have induced an economic disaster -- specifically for the cities of Narva and Ivangorod. The film has three parts Production (25’), The Last Units (15’), Interview with Oleg Klusin (30’).
In the film Metal (2009, 6’30) Olga Tüvi, a Russian speaker who is now in her fifties, lives between Narva (Estonia) and Ivangorod (Russia); in videoinstalltion Metal (2009, 6’30) she talks about being a woman in the workplace. She has worked as a metal-lathe operator in a factory and believes that women should not work in factories. The film raises the issue of being a woman working in a male environment.