Down Under

Marcus Lerviks
New work
Teos käsittelee pinnan alla olevaa maailmaa. Videoissa korostuu luonnon hiljaisuus vastakohtana ihmisten hallitsevalle maailmalle. Lähtökohtana teokselle olivat uudet maisemat, joita harvemmin pääsee kokemaan. Työn edetessä ihmisten roolin merkitys kuitenkin nousi vahvemmin esille –... Read more »

salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears

Nastja Säde Rönkkö
New work
salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears takes its starting point from a commonly held - yet incorrect - belief that blood contains the same amount of salt as sea water. Three narrators - a teardrop, a drop of Golden blood and a droplet of sweat - tell their own stories of love and loss. The video is driven by a poetic... Read more »

Bliss

David Muth
New work

The video piece “Bliss” explores minimalist aesthetics by employing generative means of production. Its foundation lies in one-dimensional cellular automata – a mathematically determined “universe” where each row of pixels derives its appearance from analysing its preceding row.

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Ocean Blvd

Jade Kallio
New work
In reference to a Lana Del Rey song, Ocean Blvd poetically explores the politics of architecture, safe spaces, and visibility from a trans person's perspective. The work blends fictional and non-fictional narratives to outline the boundaries of reality; sometimes our dreams or imagined worlds are more real than the world... Read more »

Films by Ville Koskinen, Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh and Anssi Kasitonni compete at Uppsala Short Film Festival, Salla Tykkä’s, Pilvari Pirtola’s and Pasi “Sleeping” Myllymäki’s films included in the PUNK! series

Uppsala Short Film Festival is held from October 21–27, 2024. Several films by AV-arkki’s artists are again included in the festival program. Ville Koskinen’s teeth (2024) (featured image) is screened in the International Competition series titled Secret Stories. In the… Read more »

Underdog

Marjo Levlin
New work

Underdog is an experimental documentary exploring the worlds of dogs and people. Filmed in black and white, it reflects on the filmmaker’s childhood experiences with social class and culture, drawing parallels between the selective breeding of pedigree dogs and the complexities of life in a diverse world.

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Habitat Lost

Kalle Hamm
New work

The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. Habitats have been transformed over the centuries by human impact. As a result, some species have completely disappeared from the island. The video shows the traces of these changes on Seili.

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Nevergreen

Kalle Hamm
New work

The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. The island's native vegetation is being restored through grazing and the removal of invasive alien species. For example, the rugosa rose has been completely eradicated from Seili Island.

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The Endangered Weak Competitor

Kalle Hamm
New work
The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. Weak competitors lose out to generalists and need special protection. Originally a weed, field cow-wheat is now a plant rarity on Seili and a protected species.... Read more »

Botanical Xenophobia

Kalle Hamm
New work
The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. Classification as an invasive alien species is not always unambiguous. The plants in the video are classified as invasive alien species on the mainland, but on Seili they are considered... Read more »

Transplanted Polyphony

Kalle Hamm
New work
The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. A number of useful and ornamental plants and different species of trees have been planted there. Some plants escape from the gardens. They are called garden escapees. The video shows these... Read more »

Weedling Wild

Kalle Hamm
New work

The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. There are many definitions of weeds, but they are all helplessly human-centred. The plants in the video are considered weeds in Seili's flower beds.

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SKÖNÄRIT

Milja Viita
New work
“We haven't seen land or a beacon for several hours”, the captain writes in the S/S Mercur's logbook on the fateful evening of December 8, 1925, the weather being foggy and windy.A century later the ordinary seamann of the ship, young Jalmar Yrjänen introduces five distantports for us.... Read more »

AV-arkki’s Distribution Catalogue 2024–2025 is published

Featured image: Jade Kallio: Ocean Blvd Our catalogue offers a diverse portrait of recent single channel art works by artists and filmmakers based in Finland. AV-arkki’s Distribution catalogue 2024–2025 is intended for professional preview. The catalogue is distributed via AV-arkki’s… Read more »

Stowaways and Fellow Travellers

Kalle Hamm
New work

The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. Fishermen were the first people on Seili. Plant seeds were already carried with them to the island. The plants in the video have arrived on Seili with the help of humans.

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Guerrillas and Pioneers

Kalle Hamm
New work
The work is part of the New Pangaea project, which explores the relationship between humans and plants on the island of Seili. In the Turku archipelago, the land is still rising after the Ice Age. Pioneer species are the first to arrive on the islets that have risen from the sea. The plants in the video have arrived on... Read more »