Feng Shui: Still Life
Kuchka Heta
This painting-like video consists of blurred, abstracted close-ups of a messy apartment. What appears harmonious actually anticipates a conflict in a relationship.
Production Year
2003
Duration
00:23:18
Tyyppi
Asiasana
articles (inanimate objects), conflict, disputes, everyday, home, human relations, installations (works of art), media art, still lives, video art, video installations
Original Title
Feng Shui-asetelma
Finnish Title
Feng Shui -asetelma
English Title
Feng Shui: Still Life
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
No
Cast
Heta Kuchka (Author)
Press Photos
Heta Kuchka is Finnish-American artist currently based in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2001 (MFA). She is a versatile artist who works with video, photography and drawing. Her approach is often humoristic yet dealing with humanly significant matters, such as dying and getting older, or the young and their thoughts. Her recent works are increasingly collective. Kuchka was selected as the Young Artist of the Year in 2006. She has participated in exhibitions in Finland and abroad and in 2014 represented Finland at FocusFinland pavilion at ARCOmadrid art fair.
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