AV-arkki and Bioartsociety invite you to join us for an artist talk by Japanese artist Soichiro Mihara in our new series of presentations by Ars Bioarctica residents. Soichiro Mihara is currently Art Bioarctica artist-in-residence at the Kilpisjärvi biological station. The talk… Read more »
Milja Viita’s Q & Maria Ångerman’s The Dead Walk Side by Side with the Living at Signes de Nuit IFF
Milja Viita’s Q (2016) and Maria Ångerman’s The Dead Walk Side by Side with the Living (2016) are screened in the international competition of the international film festival Signes de Nuit, Paris. The ongoing edition of the traveling film festival… Read more »
Hey You!
Azar Saiyar
New work
To be productive, to produce, to be a product. To have a value because of being productive. A very common mindset for an immigrant. “I have to prove my right to be here with being useful.” This kind of thinking in me I resist. It gives me a lack of motivation to participate in any forms of producing. Also... Read more »
Collective Improvisation for Linked Rooms
Diego Bruno
New work
The video documents the performance of a Chamber Ensemble playing, by means of improvisation, within the parameters of western classical music. The musical session takes place inside a professional sound recording studio. The piece explores representational conventions and politics of cultural production and... Read more »
The Original Position
Diego Bruno
New work
The Original Position consists of a color video projection with sound, and a framed newspaper photograph. The newspaper photograph, taken in a courtroom in the Helsinki district court was published as part of a press article on the trial of Markus Pentikäinen, a press photographer arrested during a demonstration... Read more »
I Don't Know the River
Joakim Pusenius
New work
An experimental documentary film on three peculiar events that took place in three different forests.
Read more »Pintandwefall – Seasimularo
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
Music video for the song Seasimularo by Pintandwefall.
Read more »Ninni Forever Band – Kuustoista nollakolme
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
"Kuustoista nollakolme" on musiikkivideo yhden naisen rockbändille nimeltä Ninni Forever Band.
Read more »Frost
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
Frost is a googly-eyed, pale-skinned creature sitting in a golden bath tub, spreading pink goo around her. Frost comes without an invite at chilly mornings to bathe her selfie stick and sits quietly, focused on her mission.
Read more »Ninni Forever Band – Tappaja
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
“Tappaja” is a music video for one woman rock’n’roll band called Ninni Forever Band.
Read more »Glitter Stories
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
What is video art? "Glitter, melted plastic, kaleidoscopes, colors and psychedelia", young women answer. Glitter Stories drew inspiration from young women between the ages of 17 to 24. Their responses formed a twisted world of it's own, where girls' objects become symbols, lucky charms and sometimes millstones; women turn... Read more »
Stupid Sweetheart
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
”You are the only people who will be there for each other through your whole life,” said my mother at the end of the 90's. All is linked to the ordinary life, everyday torture and tenderness of the nursery. Here we are, these are our unique memories, yet the experience is universal. We lived side by side through... Read more »
Your Eyes Made Me Do It
Ansku Nousiainen
New work
“I saw it in the morning paper, an omen. / In my morning coffee I saw the entire milky way.” In Your Eyes Made Me Do It, the artist toys with morning rituals, heartache, obsessions, superstitions and modern magic.
Read more »AV-ARKKI’s Distribution Catalogue for 2017–2018 is now available online!
Image: Reija Meriläinen: Crush (2017) Our Catalogue offers a diverse portrait of recent single channel art works by artists and filmmakers based in Finland. AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue 2017–2018 is intended for professional preview. The catalogue is distributed via AV-arkki’s international distribution programme for professional… Read more »
An extensive retrospective of Pasi “Sleeping” Myllymäki at Reykjavik International Film Festival
AV-arkki presents an extensive retrospective of Pasi “Sleeping” Myllymäki at Reykjavik International Film Festival, held from 28.9.–8.10. The screening includes a total of 25 underground short films by Pasi “Sleeping” Myllymäki and Risto “Legenda” Laakkonen from the late 1970s and… Read more »
Media art screenings in the exhibition of the Finnish experimental music in Madrid
The ongoing exhibition of Finnish experimental music in Espacio Trapézio, Madrid, presents three screenings of Finnish media art in collaboration with AV-arkki and Instituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia. The exhibition is open from 15.9.–5.11.2017. The series of three screenings kicks off… Read more »
Elena Näsänen’s Whoosh & Timo Wright’s Embrace at the 26th FILM FESTIVAL OF MADRID
Elena Näsänen’s Whoosh (2016) and Timo Wright’s Embrace (2016) will be screened at the 26th Madrid Film Festival (FCM-PNR). Held from October 12–24, the festival is organised by the non-profit organisation PNR (New Filmmakers Platform), operating since 1987 in promoting… Read more »
Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene awarded as the Best Nordic Short Film at Nordisk Panorama
Jonna Kina’s Arr. for a Scene (2017) won the Best Nordic Short Film Award at Nordisk Panorama. Held from September 21–26 in Malmö, the festival is a notable showcase of Nordic documentaries and shorts, aimed at both film professionals and larger… Read more »
Crush
Reija Meriläinen
New work
The video depicts gelatinous fleshy objects repeatedly crushed by a hydraulic press. The fake limbs are made from a material called synthetic ballistic gel which is analogous to flesh, so it is usually used for testing the penetrability of bullets into humans. The video is made in collaboration with the popular vlog... Read more »
Nina Lassila’s solo exhibition “Why Worry?” opens at Cork Film Centre Gallery
Nina Lassila’s first solo exhibition at Cork Film Centre is open from 29.9.–27.10. The exhibition titled “Why Worry?” includes seven video works and focuses on different characters that appear in the artist’s work. In her playful works, Lassila often takes… Read more »
Carolin Koss, Pink Twins, Jukka Silokunnas, Mika Taanila & Timo Wright compete at Videomedeja
A total of six media art works have been selected to the international competitions of VIDEOMEDEJA through AV-arkki’s distribution. The International Video Festival VIDEOMEDEJA is held in Novi Sad, Serbia, from September 22–24. Jukka Silokunnas’s and Mika Taanila’s short films… Read more »
Azar Saiyar’s and Jukka Silokunnas’s short films compete at Message to Man FF
Azar Saiyar’s History Bleeds Under Your Fingernails (2016) and Jukka Silokunnas’s Vanishing Point (2017) are selected in the experimental short film competition of Message to Man International Film Festival. The 27th International Documentary, Short, and Animated Film Festival Message to… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 2 Wreck screened at CineMigrante, Buenos Aires
Jan Ijäs’s Waste no. 2 Wreck had its Argentinian premiere at International Festival of Film and Formation of Immigrant Human Rights, CineMigrante. Held in Buenos Aires from September 12–20, the festival involves promoting the intercultural dialogue as well as the integration… Read more »
Cameraless Excursions and Narrative Tremor with Mika Taanila at Nordisk Panorama
Filmmaker and visual artist Mika Taanila plays a prominent year at this year’s Nordisk Panorama and its Finnish focus. Founded in 1990, Nordisk Panorama is an annual film festival for short and documentary films by filmmakers from the Nordic countries. The festival will… Read more »
Strong presence of experimental films at Nordisk Panorama from competition to side programmes
This year’s Nordisk Panorama pays homage to the diversity of Finnish films. Experimental film, animation and media art have an extensive presence in the overall programme of the festival. Founded in 1990, Nordisk Panorama is an annual film festival for short… Read more »
Mika Taanila’s The World in the International Short Film Competition of Split FF
Mika Taanila’s The World is selected in the International Short Film Competition of Splitski Filmski Festival – International Festival of New Film, held in Split, Croatia from September 9–16. The World will be screened on Friday, September 15 in Programme 5…. Read more »
Collapse
Ewa Gorzna
New work
"Collapse" depicts a situation where a seemingly complete and established order is submitted to a sudden surreal displacement. The camera flows slowly through a peaceful and flawless space to reveal an unexpected element. Thin surface cracks easily. Superficial comfort is shifted to unfamiliar territory.
Read more »Otila Magic Blues
Pasi Sleeping Myllymäki
New work
"An experimental and episodic movie about my roots, my dreams, my experiences and my philosophy. A thoroughly symbolic movie."
Read more »Erkki Kurenniemi’s Florence selected to Wavelengths Programme of Toronto IFF
The late Erkki Kurenniemi’s Florence (1970) will have its North American premiere through AV-arkki’s distribution. It will be screened as one of the archival pics of the acknowledged Wavelengths Programme at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held from September 7–17. Curated by Andréa… Read more »
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s short film Filter picked for the 55th New York Film Festival
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s short film Filter (2017) will have its World Festival Premiere at the 55th New York Film Festival, held from 28.9.–15.10 by Film Society Lincoln Center. The film is included in the experimental Projections section, curated by Dennis Lim (FSLC… Read more »