A Physical Ring
Taanila Mika
A Physical Ring is a found-footage film configured into a site-specific installation for 1-4 projectors. Its raw material is documentation of anonymous physical tests that took place in Finland during the 1940s; the original purpose of the tests remains unknown. Through careful editing techniques, the inanimate research footage is assembled into a piece of kinetic art. An integral part of the piece is the specially commissioned soundtrack by Mika Vainio.
Production Year
2002
Duration
00:04:32
Tyyppi
Asiasana
anonymity, found footage, installations (works of art), kinetic art, machinery and equipment, media art, physics, pulse, repetition, rhythm, science, site-specific art, soundscape, tests, video installations
Original Title
Fysikaalinen rengas
Finnish Title
Fysikaalinen rengas
English Title
A Physical Ring
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mika Taanila (Author), Mika Vainio (Composer), Mika Taanila (Director), Mika Taanila (Editor), Ø (Music), Mika Taanila (Producer), Kirsi Andersson (Graphic Designer)
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Mika Taanila (s. 1965) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. He works with documentaries, experimental film and visual arts. Human engineering, utopias, failures and man-machines are recurring themes in his films and installations. Taanila’s works have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (Nordic Pavilion 2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), dOCUMENTA (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006), Berlin Biennale (2004), Manifesta (2002) and Istanbul Biennial (2001). Solo shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2013–14), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2013), TENT, Rotterdam (2013) and Galleria Heino, Helsinki (2010). Taanila’s short films have been screened altogether at more than 300 international film festivals and special events. In 2015, Taanila was awarded with the prestigious Ars Fennica Award, the biggest Finnish art award.
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