Vesa-Pekka Rannikko‘s experimental animation Rat and Border Dog will be screened at the International New Media Art Festival Videomedeja, held from October 9–11, 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Rat and Border Dog (2024) is a poetic animation fable about the insignificance of the human-built border zone for nature. The work is a hand-drawn sketch-like animation, where animals, plants and poems are drawn into the picture and build a collage of parallel events. Animation is a network where the human logic takes a back seat.

Vesa-Pekka Rannikko is a visual artist who lives and works in Helsinki. He works with varying fields of art: sculpture, video, installation and performance. He holds degrees from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (1997) and from University of Arts and Design Helsinki (1995), and he has also studied at the Danish Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Rannikko creates performances as a member of a group (NE+ and BAR) and by himself. His works have been presented in exhibitions since the early 1990s, including Galleri Lars Olsen in Copenhagen (2012), Venice Biennale in (2011), Amos Anderson Art Museum (2003) and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (2008, 2007) in Helsinki.

International New Media Art Festival Videomedeja
October 9–11, 2025
Novi Sad, Serbia

More information: Videomedeja – Festival 2025

AV-arkki has promoted and distributed Finnish media art since 1989. AV-arkki’s promotional efforts have made the artists’ participation in this event possible. If you want to hear the latest news from our distribution, subscribe to our newsletter!