Trees 2.0
Everything disappears, one way or another. Will our environmental amnesia lead us to replace nature completely with digital reality? This film is part of a wider project "Stratum", which combines photography and video installation. The film has been made during the AARK A.I.R program in Korpo, Finland.
Read more »Jan Ijäs’s and Elli Vuorinen’s short films compete at Leiden International Short Film Experience
Jan Ijäs’s On the Art of the Set Design (2018) and Elli Vuorinen’s Still Lives (2019) were selected among the seven short films in the Competition General Award at Leiden International Short Film Experience (LISFE), held from May 9–12 in… Read more »
Strange Snow Falling
Strange snow falling in the artist’s backyard.
Read more »Trees in Victoria (Lorne)
In July 2016 I stand with old fir trees for a camera on tripod in a town called Lorne in Victoria, Southern Australia. The close-up to the left is of the same tree I stand next to on the right.
Read more »Trees in Victoria (Apollo Bay)
In July 2016, I stand with old fir trees for a camera on tripod in a town called Apollo Bay in Victoria, Southern Australia. The close-up to the left is of the same tree I stand next to on the right.
Read more »In the Minds of Others 1: Parallel Days
The video is an independent part of the multichannel video installation In the Minds of Others. It deals with questions of the incongruence of time and events. It also reflects the thought that all that happens may be paralleled, coincidental and layered, and without any connection to other events.
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Meet the Artist: Martta Tuomaala
Martta Tuomaala (born in 1983) is a media artist based in Helsinki. Tuomaala graduated from Aalto University School of Art and Design in 2014, and her body of work includes mostly installations and short films. Her initial plan, however, was… Read more »
AV-arkki presents its recent acquisitions at ISFF Oberhausen – Four Finnish shorts in the competition
Anssi Kasitonni’s Sakke (2018), Johanna Lecklin’s Not Just a Matter of Passion (2019), Azar Saiyar’s Monument of Distance (2018), and Pilvi Takala’s The Stroker (2019) were selected for the international competition of the 65th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, held from May 1–6…. Read more »
Kuvan kevät Kansallismuseossa: Artor Jesus Inkerö, Pilvi Takala, Azar Saiyar
Mariliis Rebane on kuratoinut kuvataiteilijoiden Artor Jesus Inkerön, Azar Saiyarin ja Pilvi Takalan videoteoksista koostuvan näyttelyn, joka asettautuu toukokuussa Kansallismuseon tornin kolmeen eri kerrokseen osana Kuvan Kevät 2019 -maisterinäyttelyä. Näyttelyyn on vapaa pääsy, mutta jonotuksen välttämiseksi näyttelyyn tulee ilmoittautua etukäteen. Kulttuurihistoriallisissa museoissa… Read more »
Mika Taanilan The World nähdään Espoo Cinéssä Nicholas Roegin elokuvan The Man Who Fell to Earth parina
Mika Taanilan kokeellinen lyhytelokuva The World (2017) nähdään Espoo Cinéssä Nicholas Roegin elokuvan The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) yhteydessä. Espoo Ciné järjestetään 6.–12.5. Roegin ja Taanilan teosten yhteisnäytös nähdään lauantaina 11.5. klo 16:45 Louhisalissa. “Viime vuosikymmeninä ansaittuun kulttimaineeseen… Read more »
Fruits of the Loom by Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila & Jari Kallio awarded at EMAF
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s, Antti Jussila’s & Jari Kallio’s Fruits of the Loom (2019) shared the main prize of EMAF with Dora García’s Segunda Vez / Second Time Around (2018). The 32nd European Media Art Festival (EMAF), held in Osnabrück from April 24–28. Jaakko Pallasvuo received… Read more »
Elli Vuorinen’s, Sami van Ingen’s, and Jonna Kina’s short films in the competition of Flatpack Festival, UK
Elli Vuorinen is this year’s invited filmmaker for Flatpack Festival‘s Dots & Loops screening. She presents her own films with a selection of shorts that have been important to her. In addition to Vuorinen’s Still Lives (2019), the competition selection of… Read more »
Jonna Kina’s SOMNIVM in the competition of Trento Film Festival
Jonna Kina’s Somnivm (2018) will have its Italian premiere in the competition of Trento Film Festival, held from April 27 to May 5 in Italy. Founded in 1952, Trento Film Festival is the oldest international film festival dedicated to the mountains, adventure and exploration…. Read more »
Sasha Huber’s KARAKIA – The Resetting Ceremony screened at Tate St. Ives
Sasha Huber’s KARAKIA – The Resetting Ceremony (2015) will be screened at Tate St. Ives on Friday, April 26 in a short film screening included in the symposium Global Communities: Curating Modern Art Today. After the screening, Katya García-Antón gives a… Read more »
Emilia Ukkosen Journey Back in Time Forum Boxin Mediaboxissa 26.4.–19.5.
Emilia Ukkosen Journey Back in Time (2019) on esillä Forum Boxin Mediaboxissa 26.4.–19.5. Menneiden elämien regressioterapia perustuu uskoon jälleensyntymisestä ja ideaan, että ihmiset voivat käsitellä emotionaalisia ja psykologisia ongelmiaan hypnoosin avulla saadakseen yhteyden menneiden elämien kokemuksiin ja traumoihin. Uskotaan, että… Read more »
Video art by Sini Pelkki, Tuomas A. Laitinen, and Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila & Jari Kallio at EMAF
Video art by Sini Pelkki, Tuomas A. Laitinen, and Jaakko Pallasvuo, Antti Jussila & Jari Kallio will be screened at the 32nd European Media Art Festival (EMAF), held in Osnabrück from April 24–28. Pelkki’s Sheet no4 (2018) and Pallasvuo’s, Jussila’s… Read more »
International premiere of Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s Minispectacles Squatting at Experiments in Cinema, US
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen’s Minispectacles Squatting will have its international premiere at Experiments in Cinema, held from April 16–20 in Albuquerque, U.S. The screening of Minispectacles Squatting takes place on Thursday, April 18, at 19:15. Minispectacles Squatting portrays living at the squat… Read more »
Alienation
A video performance on alienation.
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EN GARDE
Illusory Curtains
Love letter 0
Love letter is a series of one minute video performances speculating the difficulty in admitting or expressing ones affection towards the other. In relationships love is often confessed but seldom asked for: "would you love me?". On the other hand, Love letter 0 does not specify if its message is a request or command.
Read more »Think double, triple, always, too much, never
A woman is hiding under the cover. Later on, it appears that she's being chased by the room and she's trying to get out of its sight. She manages to escape for a short run but eventually the room reaches the stray and surrounds her to protect or to prison her.
Read more »From One’s Silence to Other’s
A fragmented collage reassembles a life lost. A radiant yet fractured narrative replete with lacunae found in history and time, refracted through the half light of memory and film.
Read more »Bird’s-eye View
Exact words from artist interviews are mouthed by other professionals.
Read more »The Presence
14 people meditated eyes open in the studio conditions for 20 minutes. The director chose a specific excerpt from each meditation. The documentary short film “The presence” depicts meditation as an experience that unites people extending the unity into the viewers. Meditation can also be meditated.
Read more »Without Friction
In a near future, inside a virtual fragmented landscape, artificial intelligence is trying to interpret events that led to the abandonment of network capitalism. Without Friction is speculative fiction built around different polarities and tensions found in the network capitalism.
Read more »AV-ARKIN KEVÄTKOKOUS 2019
KUTSU AV-ARKKI RY:N JÄSENILLE Tervetuloa AV-arkki ry:n kevätkokoukseen! Paikka: AV-arkin toimisto, Tallbeginkatu 1/76, 00180 Helsinki Kaapelitehdas, C-rappu, 4-kerros Aika:Torstai 25.4.2019 klo 17.00 Kokouksessa käsiteltävät AV-arkki ry:n sääntöjen mukaiset asiat: ESITYSLISTA 1. Kokouksen avaus 2. Valitaan kokouksen puheenjohtaja, sihteeri, kaksi pöytäkirjantarkastajaa ja kaksi… Read more »