Mothering
Suoniemi Minna
In Mothering, an adult daughter carries her mother on her back, struggling through the forest. The chorus soundtrack repeats in a loop. Mothering refers to motherhood as an ongoing and changing active state of being and caring, not necessarily tied to biological motherhood alone. The Finnish title Äitiä (to mother) can be read from beginning to end and end to beginning. Hence, it refers to the theme of the work: the shifting dynamics of the care relationship when one’s parents are ageing.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:03:03
Tyyppi
Asiasana
choir singing, daughters, forest landscape, forests, generations, media art, mothers, repetition, video art
Original Title
Äitiä
English Title
Mothering
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Minna Suoniemi (Author), Henna Dolk Viksten (Composer), Minna Suoniemi (Editor), Minna Suoniemi (Producer), Minna Suoniemi (Script), Minna Suoniemi (Actor), Minna Suoniemi (Sound Design)
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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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