Exit Song
Koski Kaisu
Exit Song embraces one of the most misunderstood nocturnal creatures, the rat. It is a requiem to a rat-like creature, Bramble Cay Melomys, the first mammal recorded to become extinct as a result of anthropogenic climate change in 2016. The music video includes speculative-performative interventions with real and imaginary rats, drawing from the Medieval legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The legend is considered a multi-layered and early version of nonhuman displacement engineered by humans and stigmatizing another species.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:04:09
Tyyppi
Asiasana
climate crisis, extinction (death), media art, music videos, recorder (flute instruments), rodents, sea level
Original Title
Exit Song
English Title
Exit Song
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Kaisu Koski (Author), Kaisu Koski (Cinematographer), Kaisu Koski (Director), Nick Dunn (Director), Kaisu Koski (Editor), Kaisu Koski (Producer), Kaisu Koski (Script), Nick Dunn (Script), Jurida Lea (Sound Design), Research England (Funder)
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Dr. Kaisu Koski is an artist working with performance, moving image, and biological materials. Her work focuses on multispecies relationships, planetary health, and rituals of mutuality. She is also a climate activist and an eco-dharma instructor; a member of The Vegan Society research committee and the core group of XR Buddhists. Kaisu is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Sheffield Hallam University.
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