Eclipse
Kati Roover
Eclipse is a collage-like body of work about different ways of knowing. Scientific and indigenous knowledges side by side. The gap between different knowledges marked by the long history of colonisation. The film material is an anthropology film about Batak dances from Indonesia and Nasa footage about total sun eclipse.
Production Year
2015
Duration
00:02:50
Type
Genre
Tags
Original Title
Eclipse
Finnish Title
Auringonpimennys
Production Countries
Finland,United States,Indonesia
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Kati Roover (Author), Kati Roover (Cinematographer), Kati Roover (Director), Kati Roover (Editor), Kati Roover (Producer), Kati Roover (Script), Kati Roover (Sound Design)
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Kati Roover (b. 1982) lives and works in Helsinki. Her works are often based on different ways of forming knowledge as well as the fleeting concept of a place in the midst of massive environmental changes. Roover’s interests include natural sciences, anthropology and documentary essay films. She mainly works with moving image, photography, sound, text and installations. Roover received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts (University of the Arts Helsinki) in 2016. She has taken part in various festivals, screenings and exhibitions in Finland and abroad since year 2007.