Circle: Kyberia
Taanila Mika
A music video taking place in a fictional future city. A fantasy about a life in a polluted city of the future.
Production Year
1994
Duration
00:04:02
Tyyppi
Asiasana
architecture, dance (performing arts), dance films, dystopias, experimental music, factories, music videos, pollutants, pollution, rock music, technology, urban landscape, urban space
Original Title
Circle: Kyberia
Finnish Title
Circle: Kyberia
English Title
Circle: Kyberia
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mika Taanila (Author), Mika Taanila (Director), Mika Taanila (Editor), Circle (Music), Mika Taanila (Producer), Jussi Eerola (Camera), Mika Taanila (Camera), Elena Leeve (Cast), Circle (Cast)
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Mika Taanila (s. 1965) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. He works with documentaries, experimental film and visual arts. Human engineering, utopias, failures and man-machines are recurring themes in his films and installations. Taanila’s works have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (Nordic Pavilion 2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), dOCUMENTA (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006), Berlin Biennale (2004), Manifesta (2002) and Istanbul Biennial (2001). Solo shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2013–14), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2013), TENT, Rotterdam (2013) and Galleria Heino, Helsinki (2010). Taanila’s short films have been screened altogether at more than 300 international film festivals and special events. In 2015, Taanila was awarded with the prestigious Ars Fennica Award, the biggest Finnish art award.
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