To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera
Valja Pinja
To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera (2021) is an experimental documentary about an encounter between two women, media artist Pinja Valja and model Vera Ruuska. As a child, Pinja dreamt of becoming a princess when she grows up. The main duty of the princess was to be beautiful, wear gorgeous clothes and be admired – just like a model. Pinja begins to make a documentary about Vera in order to explore her own childhood dream.
Production Year
2021
Duration
00:16:16
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Tehdä elokuva vain tavatakseen Veran
Finnish Title
Tehdä elokuva vain tavatakseen Veran
English Title
To Make a Film Just to Meet Vera
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pinja Valja (Author), Mikko Levoska (Cinematographer), Pinja Valja (Director), Pinja Valja (Editor), Pinja Valja (Producer), Pinja Valja (Script), Salla Hämäläinen (Sound Design), Vera Ruuska (Actor), Pinja Valja (Actor), Liina Valtonen (Actor), AVEK (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder)
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Pinja Valja is a Helsinki-based media artist whose work is shaped by a sustained engagement with binary oppositions. Her practice often explores what kinds of worldviews might emerge if the structures built upon such oppositions were dismantled. Accordingly, her work consistently focuses on analyzing and challenging the structures that uphold these divisions.
Valja received her Master of Arts degree in 2016 and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Art at Aalto University. Her works are included in the collections of HAM Helsinki Art Museum and the State Art Commission of Finland.
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