Juuso “Jube” Juntunen (b. 1991) is a Helsinki-based enthusiast of acting, singing, poetry, photography, and music. He serves as an expert by experience and a peer specialist, and he has studied at the Resonaari music school. Juntunen has acted in Theater Ilmiö and in numerous films. He has gained singing experience in four veterans’ homes, at autism-related events, and on karaoke stages. Currently, he is involved in the Autism Foundation’s Theater Group Vautsi and in Kenttä Kolmonen’s Toiveikkaat sielut (“Hopeful Souls”) choir.
In Juntunen’s art, patriotism and the autism spectrum play a prominent role. At the festival, he will perform a monologue that examines life on the autism spectrum through childhood, school days, relationships, public duties, and family life.
Curators’ Comments: “Juntunen is a very promising and interesting personal writer. These highly autofictional texts really get under your skin, and we absolutely need more of them!”
