First Time
Kuchka Heta
The installation deals with different fears and alarms related to the mental health of the youth.
Production Year
2010
Duration
00:11:37
Tyyppi
Asiasana
body image, fashion, fear (emotions), media art, mental health, performance (art forms), video art, video installations, young people
Original Title
First Time
Finnish Title
Eka kerta
English Title
First Time
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Heta Kuchka (Author), Ville Tanttu (Cinematographer), Tuomas Norvio (Composer), Heta Kuchka (Editor), Heta Kuchka (Script), Tuomas Norvio (Sound)
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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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