Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Lecklin Johanna
Three girls of different ages jump across the screen. They crush melons in the middle of the image. The work is filmed in slow motion and the soundscape is light and happy.
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:04:28
Tyyppi
Asiasana
aggressions, children (age groups), feminism, fruit, girlhood, girls, humour, installations (works of art), landscape, media art, nature, video art, video installations, violence (activity)
Original Title
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Finnish Title
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
English Title
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Johanna Lecklin (Author), Jussi Häyhä (Cinematographer), Jyri Pirinen (Composer), Johanna Lecklin (Director), Johanna Lecklin (Script), Jyri Pirinen (Sound)
Press Photos
Johanna Lecklin (b. 1972) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2003 and studied in London at the Slade School of Fine Art, in UCL. Lecklin works with video and photography. Her video work is based on documentary, narrativity and performativity. Lecklin’s works have been presented in numerous exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including the City States exhibition at Liverpool Biennial (2010) and It’s a Setup at Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in Helsinki (2010).
28 works