Balal is the artist's interpretation of an often pictured subject. The Hebrew word 'balal' means to mix, mingle and confuse. Balal is also connected to the Tower of Babel. The Tower Of Babel is common subject in art history.
Read more »The artist gave an old Super 8 camera to three biologists in order for them to record their work at remote field stations. Shown in the chronological order of their day-by-day filming, it became a series of silent diaries portraying the disappearing world. In 2010 camera went to its first trip to Peruvian Amazonas.
Read more »I travelled to Malta in Spring 2011 to be as close as possible to the Libyan war. I took photos on slide film with a vintage automatic camera, searching for signs and evidence. I think of all the things that sea washes to the shore: trash, driftwood, people.
Read more »Giant by Salla Tykkä has been selected to the international competition of 22. Curtas Vila Do Conde through AV-arkki’s distribution. Screening schedule:7th of July, 23:30, Teatro Municipal Room 211th of July, 17:00, Teatro Municipal Room 1 Event: 22. Curtas Vila Do… Read more »
A dead woman, face covered with white shroud, rises. She thus wakes from death and very slowly and painfully dances her way back to life.
Read more »There is a narration in the doll animation Power and Glory (Train of Thought), but it is unlinear. Perhaps the story expresses the thoughts of a doll. And thoughts can change the course of events. The doll faces fear. Power and Glory animation series expresses a path towards positive attitude.
Read more »A dystopia.
Read more »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.
Read more »In 2006, I started a project the purpose of which is to walk as many steps as was the number of victims in each of the 20th century political tragedies.
Read more »The Fragile lives in a broken world, which poisons and slowly suffocates him. He dives deep into his sub-consciousness, to go on a journey where he grows hope in a secret garden and tries to breath again.
Read more »A twelve-year-old girl named Aurora finds herself trapped in an empty swimming pool. People from her subconscious visit her, who lead her on her path to overcome her fears and who might be the key to why she keeps falling.
Read more »White Table emerged from a repetitive recurring sound, a journey of embracing and getting rid of it and a dream, which made the artist visualize it.
Read more »A timelapse video from Finland and Andalusia inspired by the 17th century still lives by Juan Sánchez Cotán and Francisco de Zurbaran. In both videos, the artist painted the glass with black paint and tried to scratch the plants behind it visible.
Read more »The Judge and His Ensemble is a stopmotion dollanimation. What occurs behind the judges back. In the piece the moral codes are turned upside down. The short animation is direct and raises questions about ethics.
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In this stop motion animation a doll examines a rubbish heap with her body. It is as if she wonders were is the Power and Glory. The Power and Glory animations are quite abstract. There is almost no narration in the works. The constant movements in the pieces reveals that nothing is permanent.
Read more »A person dressed in white gives the viewer instructions on how to make a meditative performance. She also describes other possible outcomes of a performance work. After a while, the piece turns into a reflection of art and its possible audiences.
Read more »Where does power and glory truly appear? Who steps on the red carpet and who does not? The most common meaning for the red carpet is success, but can it also be comparable with finding a new meaning?
Read more »Closing your eyes allows you to see more. The boy's world is painted by his imagination.
Read more »Tilaa massa tilassa massa litassa maalit: ali tila by Erkka Nissinen and Drive with Care by Pilvi Takala have been selected to the International Competition of 60th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen through AV-arkki’s distribution. Also, Giant by Salla Tykkä… Read more »
A video work created in collaboration with composer Ilari Edelmann, providing an opportunity for aesthetical and musical contemplation.
Read more »Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to a tree in a village named Porches on a spring day in 2013.
Read more »Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to various trees on the coast of Croatia and Sardinia on some summer days in 2013. Parts 1 & 2 can also be shown separately.
Read more »Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to a tree in a village called Mugoni on a summer day in 2013.
Read more »Sometimes fears are exaggerated and let to invade the conscience. The snowball effect of untamed thoughts growing by itself gets unbearable. That nightmare becomes distorting and suffocating.
Read more »Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to a tree on the shore in Tiburon on a summer day in 2013.
Read more »The animation explores medical students' drawings of the female reproductive system. The anatomical drawings are created by 63 first-year medical students in the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry.
Read more »Wrapped in a pale blue scarf I am swinging in a swing attached to trees on the shore in Split one evening in Spring 2013.
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