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The prejudice
against provincial cultural activities was great in the
Helsinki area. When I was having an exhibition in
Fenestra in Helsinki in December 1960, I went to the
Suomen Kuvalehti to see Ilmari Turja. I told him that we
needed the support of the press for our cultural projects
in Oulu. "- You call it culture?" Turja said
mockingly. Years later when his play Särkelä itte
was being performed in the Oulu Town Theatre, I was
thinking: "And you call that culture!" |