Earthbound
Milla-Kariina Oja
Earthbound is a kind of a meditative journey into the depths of the Earth, inside the natural material of the stone itself. In this kaleidoscopically constructed film, nature draws its own mystical story, in which human beings play a part only for a brief moment. The work reflects on human beings’ intimate and profound relationship with nature, both as a species and as individuals. Earthbound can be shown as a video installation or as a projection on a screen.
Screening version also available.
Production Year
2020
Duration
00:09:44
Type
Tags
experimental films,
fiction,
forests,
nature,
relation to nature,
rocks (landforms),
stones and rocks,
symmetry,
video installations,
visions (prospects)
Original Title
Earthbound
English Title
Earthbound
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Milla-Kariina Oja (Author), Milla-Kariina Oja (Cinematographer), Milla-Kariina Oja (Director), Milla-Kariina Oja (Editor), Milla-Kariina Oja (Actor), Mika Mattila (Actor), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Pelle Venetjoki (Sound Design)
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Milla-Kariina Oja (s.1976) is a visual artist based in Helsinki who works with photography and moving image. Her practice is particularly focused on video installations, which combine both the experimental and the performative. The themes of her works arise in response to basic questions of existence, such as how human beings inhabit the world and the built environment, and engage with nature and its cycles. Oja has studied photography and contemporary art in Manchester Metropolitan University, and in the universities of Castilla-La Mancha, and Barcelona. Oja’s works have been exhibited throughout Europe and China, notably in The Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum of contemporary art in Turku, Finland.