Bálvvosbáiki
Viitahuhta Marja
Bálvvosbáiki (place of worship) continues a series of video works created by Marja Viitahuhta in collaboration with musicians Ánnámáret (yoik), Ilkka Heinonen (jouhikko) and Turkka Inkilä (electronic music). The work is based on questions of human relationship with the environment, the wanderer's mindset and the changing sense of time, as well as the Sámi world view in which people should take into account the heritage of past generations and preserve the conditions of life for future generations. The cross images and slow motion visualize the content of the wordless yoik. A tapestry of sounds created by Turkka Inkilä and Ilkka Heinonen's jouhikko sing alongside the yoik.
Production Year
2023
Duration
00:07:07
Tyyppi
Asiasana
electroacoustic music, experimental art, fells (landforms), folk music, gaze, jouhikko, landscape, lyre, lyre instruments, media art, national costumes, Sami culture, sami identity, sami language, Samis, summer, tradition, treeless top of a fell, yoiks
Original Title
Bálvvosbáiki
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marja Viitahuhta (Author), Marja Viitahuhta (Director), Marja Viitahuhta (Editor), Ánnámáret (Producer), Marja Viitahuhta (Producer), Marja Viitahuhta (Script), Turkka Inkilä (Sound Design), Ánnámáret (Sound Design), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Marja Viitahuhta (formerly Mikkonen) is a Helsinki-based media artist and filmmaker who grew up in the Inari region. Her works range from films, performances and installations to photography and collage. She holds a BA degree in performance art from the Turku Polytechnic Arts Academy and an MFA degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. She has been awarded internationally at Cannes (Cinéfondation), Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Mediawave and L’Alternativa film festivals. Viitahuhta often bases her experimental works on documentary methods such as usage of archive material and found images as well as interviews. Viitahuhta has collaborated with musicians Ánnámáret (Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman), Ilkka Heinonen and Turkka Inkilä since 2019. The working group is initiated by Ánnámáret.
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