THE REVENGE OF TECHNOLOGY (orig. TEKNOLOGIA KOSTAA)

27´

By Marko Pohjosmäki

 - Invent a car – an accident waiting to happen -

 The producing intelligence always has its reverse side. "The Revenge of Technology " is a document of the ambivalent character of technology. In technological systems we can find quite a few risk factors. Pauses in electric flow, accidents and traffic jams are parts of the technical modern culture.

 Can we ever totally have a control over technology? This document takes a historic and social view over the subject. Resourcher of consumption, Mika Pantzar, commentator of cultural history, Hannu Salmi and investigator of science and technology, Karl-Erik Michelsen are introduced in the document. The pilot Matti Sorsa explaines the automatic steering, the resourcher of the Technical Resourcecenter of Finland considers the risks included in the safety devices of cars.

 Script: Marko Pohjosmäki, Herman Raivio

Camera: Arto Kaivanto

Editing: Marko Pohjosmäki

Sound design: Antti Hytti, Marko Pohjosmäki

Producer: Outi Rousu / KROMA Productions Ltd. 1998

Co producer: YLE TV1 / Eila Werning

 Distributor: KROMA Productions Ltd.

PREMIERE

18th October 1998 / The Museum of Contemporary Art, KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland