Arc-en-ciel

Orenius Marika

Video installation Arc-en-ciel consists of fragments; notes from diaries and extracts from books. Thoughts about pregnancy and birth are intercut with statements and farewell letters from women who have committed suicide or participated in suicide attacks. The name is modified from the 19th century medical term to describe the alleged arch shape a hysterical woman’s body makes. Two stories about life's opposites: one dealing with birth, the other with loss. In spite of their contrast they have one important common denominator; both describe the mysterious fortune/misfortune of having to choose one’s own life. The work is a 2-channel installation with an interior wall and wallpaper, it is also available in Swedish. 

 

 

 

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Production Year
2007
Duration
00:11:01
Tyyppi
Installation
Asiasana
birth, citations, death, diaries, families, farewell, feminism, fragments, free will, history, hysteria, installations (works of art), letters, love, media art, medicine (science), messages, personal narrative, philosophy, political art, political attitudes, positions (physical properties), pregnancy, psychiatry, rainbows, Suicide, suicide attacks, terrorism, video art, video installations, women
Original Title
Arc-en-ciel
Production Countries
Sweden
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jesper Toss (Cinematographer), Marika Orenius (Cinematographer), Marika Orenius (Author), Timo Muurinen (Composer), Marika Orenius (Director), Marika Orenius (Producer), Johanna Storm (Sound Design), Liisa Valkeanpää (Translator), Marjut Orenius (Translator), Liisa Valkeanpää (Voice Over), Nina Lassila (Voice Over), Marika Orenius (Voice Over)
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Marika Orenius

Born: 1971

www.marikaorenius.com

Marika Orenius is a PhD from the Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture. Orenius graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, with additional studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Valand School of Fine Arts at the University of Gothenburg. She works with moving image, photography, drawing, performance art and installation art. She has participated in exhibitions, festivals and screenings in Finland and internationally since the mid-1990s.

14 works

Black & White

Orenius Marika
2019 / 00:07:22 / Single channel

Parousia

Orenius Marika
2017 / 00:09:38 / Installation

Therefore it is (has been) here

Orenius Marika
2013 / 00:07:20 / Single channel

Arc-en-ciel

Orenius Marika
2007 / 00:11:01 / Installation

Birds

Orenius Marika
2004 / 00:04:04 / Single channel

Domestic Disorder

Orenius Marika
2012 / 00:06:15 / Installation

Heavenly bodies (II)

Orenius Marika
2010 / 00:07:31 / Single channel

Hidden

Orenius Marika
2003 / 00:05:19 / Single channel

Paths

Orenius Marika
2005 / 00:07:17 / Installation

Posture

Orenius Marika
2001 / 00:07:33 / Single channel

A spoken word is a gesture

Orenius Marika
1997 / 00:14:55 / Installation

Top performance

Orenius Marika
2007 / 00:00:40 / Installation

Zone

Orenius Marika
1999 / 00:08:43 / Single channel

Desire

Orenius Marika
1998 / 00:03:33 / Single channel