Safety Matches is an experimental animation. Slow-moving flow of burnt matches passing by. Sometimes helter skelter, but little by little organizing the shape of that messy mass into a beautiful pattern.
Safety Matches is inspired by Eurovision Anthem, fairy tale The Little Match Girl and daily news.
Juha Mäki-Jussila is a versatile artist who lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. He has studied at the Orivesi College of Arts, the Nordic Art School in Kokkola and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, from which he graduated in 1997. Mäki-Jussila has participated in several international and national video festivals such as the Euronight ’06 Nuit Blanche, An All Night Contemporary Art Thing in Toronto, Canada (2006), The Independent Film Festival of Boston, USA (2005) and the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennal, Japan (2003). The artist has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad.