Day and Night of the Tiger 1-2

Arlander Annette

Part 1. Wrapped in a white shawl, the artist lies on the remains of the stone base of a small building on Harakka Island for a day and night with three hour intervals between 24th June 2010 at 5 pm and 25th June 2010 at 5 pm. Part 2. The artist describes the weather conditions with a few words in Finnish and English on the same occasions.

Production Year
2011
Duration
00:07:43
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Day and Night of the Tiger 1-2
Finnish Title
Tiikerin vuorokausi 1-2
English Title
Day and Night of the Tiger 1-2
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Annette Arlander (Author), Annette Arlander (Director), Annette Arlander (Editor), Annette Arlander (Camera), Annette Arlander (Performer)
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Annette Arlander is a Helsinki-based artist, researcher and a pedagogue, one of the pioneers of Finnish performance art and a trailblazer of artistic research. She graduated as a director from Theatre Academy in 1981 and as Doctor of Art in 1999. Arlander was Professor of Performance Art and Theory at Theatre Academy 2001–13, Professor of Artistic Research 2015-16 at University of the Arts Helsinki and visiting professor at Stockholm University of the Arts. Her art work focuses on performing (in, with, through) landscape by means of video or recorded voice, in the border zone between performance art, video and environmental art.

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