21st Century Portrait
Sänpäkkilä Sami
Three-channel installation of three portraits, each consisting of over 1500 pictures taken in extreme close-up. They cover the entire naked body of the subject, shown as a one-minute endless loop.
Production Year
2008
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
21st Century Portrait
English Title
21st Century Portrait
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sami Sänpäkkilä (Author), Sami Sänpäkkilä (Cinematographer), Sami Sänpäkkilä (Editor), Sami Sänpäkkilä (Music), Sami Sänpäkkilä (Script), Suvi Leinonen (Actor), Tuomas Eriksson (Actor), Alpo Nummelin (Actor), Sami Sänpäkkilä (Sound Design)
Sami Sänpäkkilä lives and works in Tampere, Finland. He is an artist, musician, filmmaker and the head of Fonal Records since 1995. To date he has released five full-length music albums under the name Es. Since 1999 Sänpäkkilä has made installations, short films and music videos, which have been screened in various museums, art galleries and film festivals around the world. His films and the music are experimental moodscapes that explore the themes of melancholy, pathos and hope.