”On Sunday, September 24 2017, I gave a performance with a pine in Nida, The Curonian Spit. I was sitting in the tree for a moment every second hour between 08:00 AM and 08:00 PM. The notes written after each visit have been recorded and added as a voice-over in this video diary.”
Read more »Six walks in the pine forests in Nida on the Curonian Spit between September 7 and 10 2017 are combined in order to depict the experience of the landscape.
Read more »The hypnotically pulsed bottom sediment of a spring in the middle of wilderness is enchanting its viewer. It vibrates with seductive energy that invites us to another realm under the earth. Witnessing the hypnotic experience makes the mirroring surface of the viewer’s soul to bend.
Read more »Featured image: Benjamin Orlow: A Spring Bright Evening (2020) Discover these recent acquisitions in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Elian Mikkola: Via Karelia (2021, 12:36) Tracing back a lost identity, hidden in the forests… Read more »
Featured image: Anni Kinnunen: Hollow (2018) Discover these recent acquisitions in our online archive! For professional preview, please register to see the full-length versions. Sami Ala: Waves (2018, 02:27) It is hard to get up and ride on a wave. The video… Read more »
Diego Bruno’s CUT (2021) is part of the Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art EVA International, held from July 2 – August 22 2021. Bruno’s documentary video is included in the Guest Programme “Little Did They Know”, curated by Merve Elveren… Read more »
Saara Ekström’s Amplifier (2017) and Elina Brotherus’s Nu montant un escalator (2017) are included in the exhibition “Liquid Modernity” at Gallery Persons Project, Berlin. Curated by Asia Zak Persons The exhibition is held both on-site and online until July 29…. Read more »
Niina Suominen’s What Time Is? (2020) continues its world tour in July. The experimental animated short film is included in the programmes of both Fest Anča and Melbourne International Animation Festivals. Fest Anča is held online from July 1–11. Suominen’s… Read more »
Link for the Finnish version here The insecurities in the funding status of AVEK (The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture) has made Finnish creators and producers of audiovisual art extremely concerned. The Finnish audiovisual culture is tightly attached to the… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded as the Best Film LABO in the experimental competition of Prague Shorts, held as a hybrid festival from June 2–27 2021. The jury states: “A jury of representatives from the domestic art… Read more »
Tuomas A. Laitinen’s Haemocyanin (2019) will be screened in the programme “Queer Ecology” on Wednesday, June 23, in Kukoon im Park, Bremen, Germany. The screening is curated and presented by Christine Rüffert. Haemocyanin is based on a strand of artworks… Read more »
CYLAND MediaArtLab presents a video art exhibition and screenings as a part of the Chronotop Summer Festival in Vyborg, Russia, held from June 25 – September 25. The programme includes several works from Finnish artists. The exhibition takes place in… Read more »
Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra was awarded with the Audience Award in the New Point of View competition of THIS IS SHORT online festival. From April 1 to June 30, the online festival THIS IS SHORT thrilled audiences… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) was awarded with the third prize in the international competition of Short Waves Festival, held from June 14–20 in Poznań, Poland. The jury gave the award to Eerola’s short film for “taking the viewer… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) was awarded with the first prize “Danzante” in the documentary short film competition of Ciné de Huesca, held from June 11–19 in Huesca, Spain. The award is worth 5000 € and a trophy. The award… Read more »
Jenni and Lauri Luhta’s new feature-length film Deluge (2020) will be screened at Buzz Vicious Underground Film Festival, held in Amazonas, Brazil in July 2021. Syndafloden (The Deluge) is the first joint full-length film by Jenni and Lauri Luhta. The work… Read more »
Jussi Eerola’s Blue Honda Civic (2020) and Jan Ijäs’ Absolute Street (2019) have been chosen to be screened at Short Waves Festival in Poland. Short Waves is held June 14 – 20 in Poznań, Poland, and online. Blue Honda Civic (shown… Read more »
Anni Puolakka’s Diamond Belly (2018) has been chosen to be screened at Frauen Film Fest in Germany. IFFF is held in Dortmund and online from June 15 – 20. The film has been chosen to be screened as part of… Read more »
We invite our member artists to submit their new title(s) for AV-arkki’s distribution catalogue 2021-2022, deadline Saturday, July 31! For the catalogue, we are looking for primarily single channel works that will be released in 2021 or 2022. The works… Read more »
Sari Nordman is exhibiting her Tower installation as part of the New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival at Movement Research on June 10-13 2021 in New York. The project is also included in the programme of Jamaica Flux, organised by Jamaica Center… Read more »
Jonna Kina’s short film Arr. for a Scene (2017) is included in the summer programme of La Boîte carrée, a touring festival that travels around France and Portugal during the summer from June to September. See full schedule here. Awarded… Read more »
Maija Blåfield’s The Fantastic (2020) has been chosen to be screened at Cine de Huesca in Huesca, Spain, and Pyeongchang International Peace Film Festival, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. At Cine de Huesca, the film is part of the International Short… Read more »
Minna Långström’s The Other Side of Mars (2019) and Mika Taanila’s Patent No. 314805 (2020) will be screened in the IF Screening N°25 at Institut Finlandais in Paris, France. The screening will take place on Thursday, June 10 at 20:00… Read more »
Two videos by Nina Lassila are in included in a group exhibition S_HE DEVIL 12, presented from June 8–13 as a collaboration between Studio Stefania Miscetti and MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome. The videos are Woman… Read more »
Jaakko Pallasvuo’s and Anni Puolakka’s short film Café Helsinki will be screened at Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival, held from June 9–13 2021. Café Helsinki is included in the screening “Mass Extinction Psychodrama“, screened on Wednesday, June 9…. Read more »
Jonna Kina’s new diptych short film After Life followed by Red Impasto Jar (2021) will have its World Premiere in front of the live audience at Berlinale Summer Special screenings, held from June 9–20. After Life followed by Red Impasto… Read more »
Europe is a cinematographical study on the power and position of the auteur. It reveals how the means we use for describing and documenting the world simultaneously contribute to its change and reconstruction.
Read more »The work is composed of two separate films followed by each other. Both films explore transcendental issues through archaeological and illegal excavations of tombs.
Read more »Anssi Kasitonni’s Masa (2009, in featured image) and Maija Tammi’s The Problem of the Hydra (2020) will be streamed at THIS IS SHORT online short film festival in June. THIS IS SHORT is a collaborative project by the European Short… Read more »