Removing Defences
Hamm Kalle
Removing Defenses is the documentation of a live act, where defensive hairs of a nettle are removed. The artists also recorded the sounds of the nettle during the operation by connecting the nettle to an audio recorder with cables. The video is questioning the idea of plants being mute and senseless.
Production Year
2014
Duration
00:06:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Removing Defences
English Title
Removing Defences
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Kalle Hamm (Author), Kalle Hamm (Cinematographer), Kalle Hamm (Director), Dzamil Kamanger (Director), Mine Güngör (Actor)
Kalle Hamm is a Helsinki-based artist, whose work examines cultural encounters and their impacts both in historical and contemporary context. Hamm graduated with a BA degree from Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 1994 and with MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki 2002. Since 2000 he has collaborated with the artist Dzamil Kamanger from Iranian Kurdistan. Dealing with the position of marginality in mainstream culture and the encounters of cultures in global networks, their works occupy an intermediate zone between art, design and handicraft, and are often sparked off everyday things.
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