Panu Johansson / Finland / 9’ / 2025

Wherever Street Piece is an experimental found footage film that is based on 16mm black-and-white material shot in various cities and countries around the late 1960s. Through high-contrast prints and frame-by-frame chemical treatments, the creative process transforms the material into something that transcends pure historical realism. The film portrays impersonal and fragmented memories that cannot be directly linked to the life of one particular individual. At the same time the piece examines how past realities – forgotten people in forgotten situations – blend together from the perspective of the present, raising questions about what is lost and what persists over time. Obviously not everything can be stored and passed on, but if we neglect the lessons of the past, are we also bound to repeat its mistakes?

Concept, direction, editing, sound design Panu Johansson
The film’s music (Amulets: Patterns) is catalog music licensed through artlist.io

Panu Johansson
Panu Johansson is a media artist and an experimental filmmaker from Finland. He works with moving images, photography and sound. His works have been exhibited in various festivals, exhibitions and microcinemas since the year 2000.
Reoccurring themes in Johansson’s work are memories, landscape, the history of
experimental film and cultural history. When working with moving images he prefers
analogue film, though he is open to all materials. Johansson collects images and sounds eagerly and also likes to use “found footage” materials whenever possible. His works could be described with terms such as landscape film, diary film or personal film.