Holy Dishwater
Mäki Teemu
The title of Holy Dishwater seals up the ascetism and the philosophic speculation of the monologue in the video aiming at stripping the existence of unnecessarities, to be able to live. As the monologue says: '...When I swallow purposelessness voluntarily, embrace it, it leads to sacred. Even from an atheist the sacred does not disappear, but can slip into the profane, mundane and dirty, like to the body, to the outrageous, to cruelty, to lust, to humor, to shopping trolleys and dishwater...'
Production Year
1996
Duration
00:21:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
capitalism, culture, death, desire, documentary films, experimental films, holiness, materialism, media art, nudity, philosophy, political art, reality, video art, violence (activity)
Original Title
Pyhä Tiskivesi
Finnish Title
Pyhä Tiskivesi
English Title
Holy Dishwater
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Teemu Mäki (Author), Teemu Mäki (Director), Outi Rousu (Producer), Kroma Productions (Producer), Juha-Pekka Hotinen (Script), Teemu Mäki (Script), Jussi Eerola (Camera), Paula Tuovinen (Online Editing), Miikka Kari (Sound), Tommi Perälä (Sound), Pirkko Tiitinen (Sound), Leea Klemola (Voice Over), Kathleen Moore (Voice Over)
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Teemu Mäki (b. 1967) is an artist, theatre director, writer and researcher. He completed his PhD in 2005 and worked as a Professor in Aalto University during 2008–13. Mäki works in the fields of art, philosophy and politics. The results are visual art, theater, literature or theory. For Mäki art is the most flexible, versatile and comprehensive form of philosophy and politics. His works have been presented in museums and galleries in Finland and abroad, as well as in theatres, film screenings and festivals.
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