This video work is based on letters written by Franz Kafka to his beloved Milena. The central themes of the piece are distance, longing and memories. The layered imagery relies on the collective memories of the viewer. The starting point for this is master composer Kaija Saariaho's radiophonic work Stilleben.
Read more »A view of a blue, bubbling sea, which turns out to be a laptop display, merges into the blue of the sky. A meditative and minimalistic moment in a landscape. A video shot in Stockholm.
Read more »A person enters on the flow of a stream.
Read more »An array of markings on tree trunks along the streets of Barcelona in the summer of 2006.
Read more »In the beginning the earth was plain and empty. Then things began to appear. Soon there wasn't any free space left. The work studies how the world is constructed. The answers are zoomed through a 3rd floor window.
Read more »Badminton Match is shot in Virrat, in the backyard of Siekkiset village school. The film reaches the joy and speed of the movement that the player might experience during a good game.
Read more »A summer night of sorts.
Read more »This ironic commentary on compliance, good behavior, and the use of power is inspired by Paul’s rationalization for subjection and obedience in Letter to the Romans, Chapter 13. Sunday forms the first part of the Sorting trilogy, followed by Land’s End (1991) and The Seventh Angel (1994).
Read more »Salty Snow thematises the yearning for a child. The film reflects the innate human need to breed, to create things new. As hopes, expectations, and disappointments become interwoven, life feels fragile and vulnerable, and, at times, the shared sorrow is experienced separately.
Read more »Shot on Super 8, the film is a pastiche about the magic of making home movies. The cinematic fragments are digitised and enhanced with music recorded in a living room. The drama arises from the intimacy of the footage.
Read more »A love poem in 54 seconds. In this media art animation, a charcoal drawing of a kissing couple appears, develops and disappears. The searching, delicate lines weave a web, gradually giving form to the two human figures.
Read more »A poetic depiction of Sicilian folklore traditions, Swan Song serves as a farewell, both personal and collective. Through repetition and music the piece depicts time, memory and remembrance as fragile interdependent constructs.
Read more »A doll film about Sylvia, a little housewife who is not quite what she looks like – but eventually, also her secret adventures are meant to entertain her husband.
Read more »Fall Parade starts with an image of an empty road leading through a forest. The sounds of distant crashing cymbals grow louder. Finally, we see a person marching towards and past the camera, crashing the cymbals together.
Read more »A short piece about the difficulty of love. Julia and Eliza from the Lithuanian band Zimbabwe play the original version of their song, Taboo.
Read more »A documentary about Taidekilo event (1987, Finland) presents fine arts and performances.
Read more »The tragicomic documentary offers a glimpse into the life and art of the eccentric Finnish performance artist and painter Pekka Kainulainen.
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