Bálvvosbáiki
Viitahuhta Marja
Bálvvosbáiki (place of worship) continues a series of video works created by Marja Viitahuhta in collaboration with musicians Ánnámáret (yoik), Ilkka Heinonen (jouhikko) and Turkka Inkilä (electronic music). The work is based on questions of human relationship with the environment, the wanderer's mindset and the changing sense of time, as well as the Sámi world view in which people should take into account the heritage of past generations and preserve the conditions of life for future generations. The cross images and slow motion visualize the content of the wordless yoik. A tapestry of sounds created by Turkka Inkilä and Ilkka Heinonen's jouhikko sing alongside the yoik.
Production Year
2023
Duration
00:07:07
Asiasana
electroacoustic music, experimental art, fells (landforms), folk music, gaze, jouhikko, landscape, lyre, lyre instruments, media art, national costumes, Sami culture, sami identity, sami language, Samis, summer, tradition, treeless top of a fell, yoiks
Original Title
Bálvvosbáiki
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marja Viitahuhta (Author), Marja Viitahuhta (Director), Marja Viitahuhta (Editor), Ánnámáret (Producer), Marja Viitahuhta (Producer), Marja Viitahuhta (Script), Ánnámáret (Sound Design), Turkka Inkilä (Sound Design), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Marja Viitahuhta (formerly Mikkonen) is a Helsinki-based media artist and filmmaker. Her works range from films, performances and installations to photography and collage. She holds a BA degree in performance art from the Turku Polytechnic Arts Academy and an MFA degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. She has been awarded internationally at Cannes (Cinéfondation), Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Mediawave and L’Alternativa film festivals. Viitahuhta's recurring themes focus on perception and experience of female protagonists. Her works deconstruct individual identities, memories, or the idealised imagery of nations and landscapes. Her work often speaks in an intimate and personal tone and deals with existence and mortality. The text and image are set in a dialogue in Viitahuhta’s experimental language. Viitahuhta often bases her work on documentary filmmaking, archive material and found images as well as interviews.
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