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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
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 »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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This animation tells a story about the cycle of life. It is based on found footage and photograps from the director's family album.
Read more »Three men are trying to change the material conditions by social action. The lead characters of this absurdist slapstick musical are on a quest to find their inner spaces.
Read more »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.
Read more »Participatory video installation which consists of a room covered with red spray-painted graffiti, a television monitor, speakers and a computer-controlled distance sensor.
Read more »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.
Read more »A site-specific installation in Primorskaya, St. Petersburg, Russia. A gilded top of a mountain of grit is seen behind the fence.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »Works by Juha Mäki-Jussila, Liisa Lounila, Seppo Renvall, Juha van Ingen, Sami van Ingen, Mika Taanila, Ilppo Pohjola, Kari Yli-Annala, Maria Ducker, Milja Viita, Outi Sunila and Sini Pelkki have been selected to Hard Thawing – Experimental Film and Video from… Read more »
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.
Read more »Grind by Jenni Hiltunen has been selected to the international competition of Videoformes 29th International Festival Digital Arts through AV-arkki’s distribution. Grind will be part of the official competition within:Programme #9Maison du PeupleFRIDAY 21 MARCH – 17:00 Event: Videoformes 29th… Read more »
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.
Read more »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.
Read more »Does the bread always fall buttered side down?
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »Three children from the Swedish-Finnish minority in Sweden repeat after their nursery teacher concepts from the Minority Law.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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.
Read more »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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