Year of the Snake - In the Swing

Annette Arlander
New work

Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am lying in a swing attached to an aspen on the western shore of Harakka Island approximately once a week during the year of the snake between 10 February 2013 and 28 January 2014.

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Year of the Snake – Watching the Harbour

Annette Arlander
New work

Part 1. (on the left) Wrapped in a pale blue scarf the artist is sitting on a pile of rocks on the western shore of Harakka Island approximately once a week during the year of the snake between 10 February 2013 and 28 January 2014. Part 2. (on the right) The pile of rocks videoed on the same occasions.

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On Disappearance

Lauri Astala
New work

This interactive and immersive video installation places the spectator on a stage, as a central character in the movie. On the screen, the spectator is drawn into another time and space, where they encounter another person – as if they were sharing the same space and reality.

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Transit

Lauri Astala
New work

Documentary shots of New York are altered by camera movements, angles and framing. This builds up a new fictive urban space, whose visual familiarity stems from the history of film. The theme of Transit revolves around the collective visual ideas and notions of the urban environment.

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Day and Night of the Snake Swinging

Annette Arlander
New work

Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to an aspen on the western shore of Harakka Island for a day and a night with three-hour intervals between 13 October 2013 and 14 October 2013.

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Year of the Snake – By the Swing

Annette Arlander
New work

Part 1. Wrapped in a pale blue scarf the artist is sitting next to a swing attached to an aspen on the western shore of Harakka Island approximately once a week during the year of the snake between 10 February 2013 and 28 January 2014. Part 2. The aspen and the swing shot on the same occasions.

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Year of the Snake – Swinging Along

Annette Arlander
New work

People visiting or working on Harakka Island sit for a while in a swing attached to an aspen on the western shore of the island approximately once a week during the year of the snake between 10 February 2013 and 28 January 2014.

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Year of the Snake – Swinging (installation)

Annette Arlander
New work

The installation consists of four independent works shot on the same shore during the year of the snake between 10 February 2013 and 28 January 2014, which are synchronised. The four parts can also be shown in various combinations.

 

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Cycle

Milla Moilanen
New work

This animation tells a story about the cycle of life. It is based on found footage and photograps from the director's family album.

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Minispectacles 9 x Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet

Maarit Suomi-Väänänen
New work

Minispectacles is a series of one-minute films, cinematic haikus. Minispectacles 10-18/100 Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet portray children, the childish, the childless, twins, moms, the French, french fries, as well as boxes for litter and post. To be continued all the way to Part 100. Woman with pocket camera.

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Nausea

Ilkka Pitkänen
New work

Participatory video installation which consists of a room covered with red spray-painted graffiti, a television monitor, speakers and a computer-controlled distance sensor.

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Occupied

Ilkka Pitkänen
New work

A video installation that consists of a short animation created from magnet scan images of a human brain which is presented on a TV screen that is placed on a pedestal. One can listen to a soundtrack by Sebastian Mundwiler using headphones.

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Gold Mountain

Ilkka Pitkänen
New work

A site-specific installation in Primorskaya, St. Petersburg, Russia. A gilded top of a mountain of grit is seen behind the fence. 

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Sirius Passet

Milja Viita
New work
There can be found plastic molecules six times more than plankton at the great Pacific garbage patch. Synthetic beauty seduces us, and deceives instincts of animals; puppets on the film are built of collected marine debris and organic waste of the beaches. Sirius Passet is filmed on 16 mm film, which has been waiting 20... Read more »

Voices of Consolation

Elina Saloranta
New work

The video's image track shows paintings by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916). On the soundtrack a group of people are trying to console the black-clad woman seen in the paintings.

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Nowhere fast

Ilkka Pitkänen
New work

Interactive installation. Three doors, behind which a man is running without moving, the clock is ticking, and a man is sitting in a shower of hail. 

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Lost Dog

Emilia Ukkonen
New work

A cruel prank reveals a reflection on the alienation in modern society and on the oddly desperate manner in which we reach out to each other.

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Primus Tempus

Azar Saiyar
New work

Reorganized fragments of television commercials create an illusion that is different from the original clips. The images are still enchanting and appealing, but lack a direct connection to the product. The context and interpretation become more vague and open.

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HRMN27b2

Harri Larjosto
New work

The video is based on visualizing experimental, electronical music/audio by Randy Barracuda and Stiletti Ana. The video is a combination of HD and poor quality digital materials.

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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Johanna Lecklin
New work

Three girls of different ages jump across the screen. They crush melons in the middle of the image. The work is filmed in slow motion and the soundscape is light and happy.

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I Was Waiting for You (My Heart Will Go On)

Eeva-Mari Haikala
New work

In this video performance a woman is waiting something to happen. She is standing on the pier holding her arms open horizontally. While filming the piece, the artist created a performative gesture. Something could have happen – someone could have stepped behind her to help her to keep the posture.

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Minority Law

Johanna Lecklin
New work

Three children from the Swedish-Finnish minority in Sweden repeat after their nursery teacher concepts from the Minority Law.

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Language Is The Key To Everything

Johanna Lecklin
New work

A young man with Finnish roots tells a fictionalised story in Swedish. It is based on questions of identity and language that the Swedish-Finnish interviewees had discussed. The elderly woman, a first generation immigrant, speaks about cultural and linguistic identity with the man.

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A Christmas Tale

Johanna Lecklin
New work

A girl decides to reveal Santa Claus by ripping his beard off on Christmas Eve. Some of the children laugh, some are afraid and one girl gets furious when she realises that the adults have been lying about Santa. Texts criticises the consumerism attached to Christmas from the point of view of the two girls.

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Guilt

Johanna Lecklin
New work

A daughter and her mother, who have not been in touch for a long time meet at the funeral of the mother's sister. The daughter regrets her mean words that she has uttered as a child. They sing their lines and dance together. The dance shows how their feelings develop. They reconcile in the end.

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Removing Defences

Kalle Hamm
New work

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.

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