Total Control
Sandell Inari
Total Control is an essay film using thermal imaging to reflect on normative exercises of power in a museum. Drawing on the artist’s experience as an autistic person, it emerges from a situation in which they were removed from an exhibition based on interpretations of their body language. The work reveals a restless, heating body under observation, questioning who is granted safe access to art.
Production Year
2025
Duration
00:07:35
Tyyppi
Asiasana
autism, body awareness, control, exhibitions, experimental films, media art, museums, power (societal objects), power structures, supervision
Original Title
Total Control
English Title
Total Control
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Inari Sandell (Author), Jussi Hertz (Composer), Inari Sandell (Director), Inari Sandell (Editor), Inari Sandell (Script), Inari Sandell (Copyright Holder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Olga ja Vilho Linnamon säätiö (Funder), Jussi Hertz (Sound Design)
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Inari Sandell (b. 1991) is a Helsinki-based visual artist who works with image, space and material in a multidisciplinary way. Central to their practice is a personal and research-based engagement with themes related to neurodiversity. Sandell graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree from Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts in 2023. Their work has been exhibited internationally at a variety of museums and galleries, including Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, UKS in Oslo, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art in Hafnarfjörður, the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York, HAM Helsinki Art Museum, and Titanik in Turku.