Dreamless (screening version)
Whitehead Oliver
Eight children paint their faces in preparation for a party at a table laden with cakes, confectionary and some small toys. Their interaction of playing and eating at the table reveals an ambiguous fusion of hedonistic and dystopian behaviour.
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:20:08
Tyyppi
Asiasana
behaviour, celebrations, chaos, children (age groups), dystopias, face painting, food, greed, hedonism, humour, installations (works of art), interaction, media art, painting (visual arts), playthings, portraits (works of art ), still lives, video art
Original Title
Dreamless (screening version)
Finnish Title
Dreamless (screening version)
English Title
Dreamless (screening version)
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Oliver Whitehead (Author), Matti Helariutta (Cinematographer), Timo Teräväinen (Cinematographer), Asko Keränen (Composer), Oliver Whitehead (Director), Oliver Whitehead (Editor), Oliver Whitehead (Script), Silja Toiviainen (Actor), Hilma Horto (Actor), Aamu Homsi (Actor), Taimi Hakkola (Actor), Emil Meskanen (Actor), Ahti Hakkola (Actor), Marijus Katinus (Actor), Edith Honkavaara (Actor), Juulia Niiniranta (Actor), Timo Teräväinen (Assistant Editor), Amos Andersonin taidemuseo (Funder), AVEK (Funder)
Oliver Whitehead is a media artist from England who has lived and worked in Helsinki, Finland since 1971. He worked as director of the Media Department in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki from 1991–97. Whitehead is a versatile and multidisciplinary artist. He moves comfortably within painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, film and video, often applying a combination of the techniques. More recently he has worked with live experimental video projections and also in cooperation with musicians He has exhibited in Finland and abroad.
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