As Though Time Was All Around
Astala Lauri
A depiction of absence and alienation as a spatial experience; and of finding and constructing a familiar and personal space. A set on the theatre stage functions as an allegory for home. The journey starts from Helsinki and through Chicago returns back to Helsinki.
Production Year
2002
Duration
00:11:39
Tyyppi
Asiasana
alienation, Chicago, curtains, documentary films, experimental films, Helsinki, home, lights (fixtures), observation, outsiderness, people (phenomena), presentation technology, public spaces, rooms, scenic designs, space, stages (theatre), theatre, time, traffic, trains, travel, urban landscape, walking (motion), windows
Original Title
As Though Time Was All Around
English Title
As Though Time Was All Around
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Lauri Astala (Author), Lauri Astala (Director)
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Lauri Astala lives in Helsinki, Finland and Avalon, France. He graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1989 and Chicago Art Institute in 2001. Astala is one of of the most distinguished media artists in Finland. He makes sculptures, videos and installations, that concentrate on our concepts and experiences of space and the ways in which cultural structures shapes them. His works have been presented at numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1989, including Eyebeam in New York (2013), Helsinki Art Museum (2010) KUMU art museum in Tallinn (2008) and Institut finlandais in Paris (2008). In 2007, Astala was awarded with the Finnish State Prize for Visual Arts.
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