Embarkation

Sini Pelkki

Moving image is framed and re-framed like the process of capturing still photographs, exploring the relationship between the still and the moving image.

Production Year
2012
Duration
00:07:31
Type
Tags
Original Title
Embarkation
Finnish Title
Embarkation
English Title
Embarkation
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Anu Keränen (Cinematographer), Sini Pelkki (Author), Sini Pelkki (Director), Sini Pelkki (Editor), Sini Pelkki (Script), Miia Kanerva Pelkki (Actor), Heidi Tikka / AVEK (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), Anne Tolkkinen (Sound)
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Sini Pelkki (b. 1978 Helsinki) works with photography and moving image. She is interested in the subjectivity of seeing, introspective lives of spaces within spaces. In her works landscapes, figures and objects turn into layered narratives that lead to various paths and ambiguous readings. Pelkki has studied in London and Helsinki, gaining her Bachelor degree in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (UK) in 2002 and MA from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki in 2008. Her works have been shown in exhibitions internationally. Film works have been presented at EMAF-European Media Art Festival, Rencontres Internationale Paris, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Videoex. Pelkki is based Helsinki, Finland.