First There Is Nothing
Viitahuhta Marja
A one-shot image of a blizzard: snowflakes and wind. The image is simultaneously a still shot and full of movement. Accompanied with a voice-over text on how things are born.
Installation version also available.
Production Year
2016
Duration
00:03:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
experimental films, lyric poetry, media art, personal narrative, poems, snow, snowfall, video art, voice, wind
Original Title
Ensin ei ole mitään
Finnish Title
Ensin ei ole mitään
English Title
First There Is Nothing
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marja Viitahuhta (Author), Marja Viitahuhta (Cinematographer), Marja Viitahuhta (Director), Marja Viitahuhta (Script), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Tuukka Haapakorpi (Sound Design), Marja Viitahuhta (Voice Over)
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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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