Monster
Suoniemi Minna
Monster is a video about ageing and vanishing beauty. A woman appears in front of the camera. She is grooming herself. She starts to shake her head vigorously. Her face appears monstrous in slow motion.
Production Year
2004
Duration
00:01:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
age, ageing, animal sounds, beauty, beauty ideals, body image, experimental films, face, feminism, hate, monsters, motion, performance (art forms), slow motion, transitoriness, women
Original Title
Monster
Finnish Title
Monster
English Title
Monster
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Minna Suoniemi (Author), Minna Suoniemi (Director)
Press Photos
Minna Suoniemi (b. 1972) is a Helsinki-based artist working with moving image and video installation. She's interested in how disruption and failure can make normative structures and models visible and has worked on loaded subjects such as gender roles, motherhood and power relations. She has exhibited internationally in Europe, United States, South America and Asia including Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Preus Museum of Photography in Norway, 2nd International Festival for Photography and Video in Seoul and Moscow Biennial for young art, and her work is in Collections of major Finnish Art Museums. Suoniemi is a member of The Finnish State audiovisual Art Committee and works as a lecturer in Aalto University, Department of Art.
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