Year of the Monkey (installation)
Arlander Annette
Part 1. The artist is sitting with a red scarf on her shoulders on a ledge on the northwestern shore of Harakka Island, 43 times, approximately once a week from April 11, 2004, to March 20, 2005. Part 2. The artist is standing with a red scarf on her shoulders on a cliff on the northwestern shore of Harakka Island and looking out to sea, 43 times, on the same occasions. Part 3. The same cliff on the northwestern shore of Harakka Island filmed 43 times, on the same occasions.
Production Year
2005
Duration
00:03:53
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Apinan vuosi (installaatio)
Finnish Title
Apinan vuosi (installaatio)
English Title
Year of the Monkey (installation)
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Annette Arlander (Author)
Press Photos
Annette Arlander is a Helsinki-based artist, researcher and a pedagogue, one of the pioneers of Finnish performance art and a trailblazer of artistic research. She graduated as a director from Theatre Academy in 1981 and as Doctor of Art in 1999. Arlander was Professor of Performance Art and Theory at Theatre Academy 2001–13, Professor of Artistic Research 2015-16 at University of the Arts Helsinki and visiting professor at Stockholm University of the Arts. Her art work focuses on performing (in, with, through) landscape by means of video or recorded voice, in the border zone between performance art, video and environmental art.
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