And No Swinging – A Family Portrait
Maria Ylikoski
A photographer's attempt to portray her family in the Finnish countryside. The setting is typical for old Finnish black-and-white photographs: an outside garden swing. It is difficult to catch a family in a single photograph; the video portrays it better.
Production Year
1998
Duration
00:02:15
Type
Genre
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Original Title
And No Swinging – A Family Portrait
Finnish Title
Eikä saa heilua!
English Title
And No Swinging – A Family Portrait
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Maria Ylikoski (Author), Maria Ylikoski (Director)
Press Photos
Maria Ylikoski (born in 1966) is a video artist working in Helsinki, Finland. Along with photography she has made videos and video installations since 1998. In her videos she deals with the themes of growing up, family relations and memory. Ylikoski graduated from Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2011 with a master's degree in moving image. She has also studied photography in Turku School of Art and Communication (1995) and in The School of Photography and Film at Gothenburg University (1998). She works as a teacher of audio-visual media.
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