Exitus
Liksom Rosa
A dead woman, face covered with white shroud, rises. She thus wakes from death and very slowly and painfully dances her way back to life.
Production Year
2014
Duration
00:04:36
Tyyppi
Asiasana
body image, cultural appropriation, dance films, darkness, experimental films, performance (art forms), survival
Original Title
Exitus
Finnish Title
Exitus
English Title
Exitus
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Rosa Liksom (Author), Kari Pullinen (Cinematographer), Roni Martin (Composer), Rosa Liksom (Director), Heikki Kotsalo (Editor), Cowmama Oy (Producer), Rosa Liksom (Script), Kaari Martin (Choreographer), Kaari Martin (Dance), Taiteen keskustoimikunta (Funder), Riku Virtanen (Lighting)
Press Photos
Rosa Liksom currently lives and works in Helsinki. For decades the paintings, writings, plays and video works of Liksom have fascinated audiences in Finland and abroad. Liksom grew up in a small town community in the Finnish Lapland. In 1977 she moved to Helsinki. Liksom has studied anthropology and political science in Helsinki, Copenhagen and Moscow. Between 1982–86 she lived in the Kristiania Freetown in Copenhagen before expeditions to Siberia and Mongolia. Few years later she travelled to communist China and Austin, Texas. Later, she has stayed in Helsinki. In addition to literary works, Liksom has made paintings and short films since 1985. She has also made comics, coloring books children’s books.
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