My cultural experience

I visited Lappeenranta Art Museum on friday February 2nd. The exhibition was called Tunteella liikkeellä - Emotion in motion. There were pictures and videos taken by Juha Metso.

I expected that the exhibition would be interesting and emotional. Before I went there I thought the pictures would be taken with great skills and there would be different kinds of stories behind the photos. I expected the exhibition to be impressive.

My first impression was amazement. Pictures and videos were realistic but at the same time abstract. Viewer needs to find an own version and interpretation. It was difficult to realize what some pic or video clip really meant. It was a good but confusing experience.

Pictures included nudity, different kind of cultures, spontaneous moments and different feelings. Some of the pics showed happiness and smile, some other sadness. There were many facial expressions in the portraits.

The exhibition evoked respect for the artist. Pictures were great and he had catched lots of emotions from people. The Artist has travelled all over the world to get his work done. Taking pictures of people like Vladimir Putin must be exiting. The exhibition made me think that I should take more pictures, even though I’m certainly not as professional as Juha Metso.