Flora & Fauna
Kurenniemi Erkki
Flora & Fauna embraces the dark charms of nature. Rich, colourful close-ups of flowers, leaves, ants, spiders, and inchworms blend into the silent mystique of water and woods. Kurenniemi’s original 16 mm film were all silent, but in 2003 Mika Taanila and Kurenniemi added for this version the recorded composition Death, 2nd Version (1973).
Production Year
1965
Duration
00:05:59
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Flora & Fauna
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Erkki Kurenniemi (Author), Erkki Kurenniemi (Composer), Erkki Kurenniemi (Director), Mika Taanila (Post-prod Audio)
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Erkki Kurenniemi
Born: 1941
Erkki Kurenniemi (b. 1941) is a pioneer of Finnish electronic music. His projects and works anticipate in many ways the revolutionary impact of computers on both society and personal lives. Between 1964–70 Kurenniemi shot a number of short experimental 16mm films, part of which were later combined with his electronic music from the same era. In the short films, the futuristic fascination towards computers and electronics meets the sensuality of the organic details such as plants and insects. Some of Kurenniemi’s films are also exciting and unique documents about the 1960s underground youth having fun in Helsinki.
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