Lost Touch
Henttu Sini
Lost touch is a media installation consisting of a video, a bed, vinyl sheets, laundry tag and other objects. In the video, a character presses against the surface of the screen, and its body produces electric sounds upon contact. The character shifts from absent to present while staring through the screen and speaking, though the speech remains incomprehensible. The work examines the sense of connection at the very moment that connection is about to break.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:11:52
Tyyppi
Asiasana
alienation, bodiliness, electricity, experimental films, installations (works of art), media art, surfaces
Original Title
Lost touch
English Title
Lost Touch
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sini Henttu (Author), Sini Henttu (Cinematographer), Pääsky Piikkilä (Composer), Sini Henttu (Director), Sini Henttu (Editor), Sini Henttu (Producer), Sini Henttu (Script), Pääsky Piikkilä (Sound Design), Minni Välipakka (Actor), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Sini Henttu works with various media art techniques such as video, media installation and media performance. Their work is guided by questions arising from the concepts of normality, experience of alienation, and the stickiness of being in the world. As a neuroqueer artist, the core of their work is often grounded in sensations that emerge between the body and its environment, such as friction, oddness, joy, compression, and change.
Henttu’s work has been presented for example at Galleria Huuto, the Design Museum and Oksasenkatu 11 gallery. They have also collaborated with live art groups as a video artist and performed for example at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Zodiak – Center for New Dance, and Contemporary Art Space Kutomo.