Grandma and grandpa are playing a game from their childhood. After a moment of practice, they find a conjoint rhythm.
Read more »Material Conditions of Inner Spaces by Erkka Nissinen (b. 1975) and Not to Scale at All by Kaisu Koski (b. 1975) have been selected for the WNDX Festival for Moving Image, to be held in Winnipeg, Canada, from September 23 to 27,… Read more »
The video is a sequel to the work My Personal Circus (2014). A dream-like musical moment.
Read more »The video Playing with the Dragon portrays a play with fire. A person builds unstable assemblages under burning candles. The illusion of safety or remoteness of danger may alienate one from life. Avoiding danger begins to define the course of the day and what we do in life.
Read more »Who are the enlightened beings in the Land of Lords? Sadhus and the monkeys living on the shores of river Ganges have different points of view. It can be love for God, love for natural-wisdom or love for survival.
Read more »The film is a fantasy about a woman in the Finnish lake landscape, her feelings of trust, dreams and frustration. The work is at first hopeful but little by little changes towards darkness and sorrow. Finally, we see the landscape in hard light.
Read more »The scene is set in a rough urban landscape, yet the expectations of the image are about to have an unexpected turn in a form of a vacuum lifter. The minimal moving image work plays with the conventional perception of the cinematic space. A simple act opens up another space where you did not think it would be.
Read more »In the year of 2169 there will be a solar eclipse during Midsummer Eve in Finland. That changes the life of a certain female vampire bat.
Read more »Flowers video is a subjective and erotic experience of spring. Camera transports the viewer deep into the private flower world. Everyday life disappears and moves away. Everyday sounds are somewhere far away. The video reflects the sensitivity to beauty of a human in love.
Read more »Unavoidable describes a human approach to suffering and loss, and eventually the loss of one's own life. Unavoidable speaks of how we are forced to bow to the facts. The video is dreamy and hazy, the colors are scarce. The message of the work is universal and soothing.
Read more »A hand paints an outline for a tree on a window on a sunny spring day. People and cars pass by in the suburban backyard. The painting advances little by little. Passing of seasons is filmed through the aperture created by painting. The work describes a gesture of mark making and note taking in an everyday environment.
Read more »Teta Veleta is based on Pier Paolo Pasolini's early letters, texts and so called The Red Notebooks, which were written when he was 18–31 years old. The video portraits a young man who finds himself through a personal scandal. The video is filmed in Casarsa and Rome, where Pasolini lived while writing his texts.
Read more »In Eyeliner, a woman draws – or, more accurately, traces – the outlines of her face with black pen eyeliner. When a line finds the borders of the face, the woman turns her head and begins the process anew.
Read more »My first visit in France. I spent four days in Paris keeping my eyes shut the whole time during this performance. On my eyelids I had a second pair of eyes painted with masquerade paints. In the spring 2012, the footage and sound recordings from the trip were edited into the video See Paris and Die.
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