In Excerpts we see moments of life in summer; a young girl just having learnt to ride her bike, a dog patiently waiting, a curtain moving in the wind.
Read more »Excerpts
Helena Öst
New work
Outlook
Helena Öst
New work
Planes fly in the sky day and night in London. Below them children play, the dogs sleep and cats look at you and try to sleep.
Read more »Hazy day
Helena Öst
New work
In London there are planes passing above you all the time. Drawing lines to somewhere, from somewhere.
Read more »To think of flying (On the difficulty in taking off)
Helena Öst
New work
What do people do and what they look like when asked to think of flying for one minute?
Read more »Stefan rolling a cup from Heathrow on his chin
Helena Öst
New work
Once in a while Stefan finds himself rolling a cup, nicked from Heathrow airport, on his chin.
Read more »Fred in front of the mirror
Helena Öst
New work
Fred has the habit of looking at himself in the mirror.
Read more »Hyacinth Cracks
Sara Pathirane
New work
Hyacinth Cracks shows how the human imprint becomes small compared to nature's own processes and how nature acts as a creative force, creating surprising aesthetics as the silk painting gets tangled in new compositions in between the royal palm trees. In the work, human-insect collaboration is present in many layers, as the... Read more »
Under Control
Ville Koskinen
New work
Insects plague the botanical garden. The gardeners need to use increasingly harsh methods to cope with the situation. The more they try to get rid of the intruders, the worse the problem becomes.
Read more »Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor to be screened at Minikino Film Week, Bali
Milja Viita & Veli Rämö’s The King (featured image) and Paula Lehtonen’s Guests of Honor were selected for the Official Selection of Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival, held from September 11–20, 2024 in Bali, Indonesia. Milja… Read more »
In Necrosis
KENNO FILMI OSK
New work
A cosmic odyssey of consciousness in a post-human Beirut. It follows two souls trapped in an underground purgatory, blaring the lines between reality and nightmare.
Read more »Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars receives a Special Mention at IndieLisboa 2024
Jan Ijäs’ Two Wars has received a Special Mention at IndieLisboa International Film Festival taking place May 23–June 2, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Read the Jury Statement here. Two Wars (2024) is a work of thought, imagination, presentation and narrative… Read more »
Contact Sheets
Anton Nikkilä
New work
A film commissioned by the Helsinki Psychogeographical Society in the summer 1995. Images and music: Anton Nikkilä.
Read more »Geographic Samples 1-62
Anton Nikkilä
New work
Why are there almost 100 near-identical bridges across the 179 km motorway from Helsinki to Tampere? I never found out, but during one day in 1995 I photographed most of them and combined them with my music in which I sampled sounds of ventilation holes and electric street cabinets in Helsinki.
Read more »New works in AV-arkki’s archive / Spring 24′
Sara Pathirane: Leda & Friends (2023) Discover AV-arkki’s latest acquisitions for our online archive below. For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Memories, dreams, and family ties Minna Suoniemi: Mothering (2024) In Mothering, an adult daughter carries her mother… Read more »
The Joy of Everyday Life
Sanna Liljander
New work
Everyday life. Oh joy?
Read more »With the Reclining Pine 1-12
Annette Arlander
New work
The artist sits on the trunk of a reclining pine tree and tells the tree about her current concerns. The work consists of twelve conversations the artist had with a pine in 2022 in Kaivopuisto Park, Helsinki. The conversations can also be viewed separately.
Read more »Patient #1
Pilvari Pirtola
New work
"Patient is matter-of-fact and oriented in conversations." The work is based on doctors' statements and the patient's own experiences. The monotonous video depicts how the daily life feels to someone struggling with mental health; things are not progressing and the doctor is already thinking about his next golf... Read more »
In safety?
Pilvari Pirtola
New work
It's Midsummer night and adults do what they do, leaving their children without protection. Childhood memories collide with a picture of the present which is broken – the clouds do not bring comfort. The work deals with the feeling of (un)safety from a child's perspective.
Read more »With the Pine in Seurasaari
Annette Arlander
New work
These conversations were recorded with a pine tree growing in the southern part of Seurasaari Island in Helsinki on Sundays between October 2, 2022 and June 4, 2023. The video contains fragments of the 23 conversations with the pine, in Finnish, edited chronologically with one section from each conversation. The... Read more »
I Never Lost Control
Jade Kallio
New work
This video explores the feeling of uncertainty in our daily lives and how it relates to our environment and bodies. The work delves into how our understanding of the body extends to structures and architecture—places where we breathe—emphasizing how these spaces and buildings serve as symbolic expressions of... Read more »
Generatio spontanea
Vappu Rossi
New work
The poetic media art animation shows a shadow of a small tree sapling, magically growing and evolving as the light travels during the day, from dawn to dusk. The background theme of the work is the arc of life: a day begins, a day ends, and something small but miraculous might happen in between.
Read more »Generatio spontanea
Vappu Rossi
New work
The poetic media art animation shows a shadow of a small tree sapling, magically growing and evolving as the light travels during the day, from dawn to dusk. The background theme of the work is the arc of life: a day begins, a day ends, and something small but miraculous might happen in between.
Read more »From the River to the Sea
Pilvari Pirtola
New work
"From the River to the Sea" is not bound by conventional narrative constraints; rather, it invites viewers to immerse themselves in the sensory experience of sight and sound. The haunting score, composed of dark drones, underscores the film's hypnotic atmosphere, enveloping audiences in a trance-like state of... Read more »
Samira Elagoz’s and Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me at Seattle International Film Festival and Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin
After IFF Rotterdam and Hot Docs, Samira Elagoz’s and Z Walsh’s You can’t get what you want but you can get me (2024) continues its festival tour. The film will be screened at Seattle International Film Festival on 11 May… Read more »
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur screened at Beldocs, Serbia
Anssi Kasitonni’s Le Saboteur (2022) will be screened at the 17th International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs, taking place from 22–29 May 2024 in Belgrade, Serbia. Le Saboteur is included in the “Fireworks” selection. The screening takes place on Thursday, 26… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Grasshopper screened at Gran Lux, Saint-Etienne, France
Jussi Eerola’s Grasshopper (2023) is included in the screening at Gran Lux art space, Saint-Etienne, France. The screening takes place on 10 May 2024. Grasshopper is a minimalistic musical. Night falls down on empty business premises – and lights go… Read more »
Avreno Heikka appointed as AV-arkki’s Programme Coordinator
Following the transition of our longtime Programme Coordinator, Tytti Rantanen, to the position of executive director of Espoo Ciné film festival, Avreno Heikka has taken on the role of Programme Coordinator at AV-arkki. Avreno Heikka has prior experience in both… Read more »
Our artists’ exhibitions abroad
Several of AV-arkki’s artists are having an exhibition abroad at the moment. Here are some of them: Liinu Grönlund’s and Okku Nuutilainen’s Observe These Words (2020, in featured image) is included in the group exhibition “The Next Renaissance“, opening in… Read more »
Finnish media art at the 20th edition of the Athens Digital Arts Festival
Four media art works by AV-arkki’s artists were selected for the special programme “Techno(s)cene“, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Athens Digital Arts Festival, held in Greece from 16–26 May 2024. The programme includes Pink Twins’ The Transient (2023, in… Read more »
Jan Ijäs’s Two Wars and Elli Vuorinen’s Flower Show in competitions at IndieLisboa
Jan Ijäs’s Two Wars (2024, in featured image) and Elli Vuorinen’s Flower Show (2024) were selected for competitive programmes of IndieLisboa film festival, held from 23 May to 2 June 2024 in Lisboa, Portugal. Two Wars will be screened in… Read more »