Spinning Top
Viitahuhta Marja
A video work with spinning landscapes, where the details of the scenery blur into abstraction only to be revealed showing another location. Accompanied by a piano improvisation based on a circular pattern
Production Year
2016
Duration
00:03:25
Tyyppi
Asiasana
experimental films, improvisation, landscape, music videos, performance (art forms), piano, space, time
Original Title
Hyrrä
Finnish Title
Hyrrä
English Title
Spinning Top
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marja Viitahuhta (Author), Marja Viitahuhta (Cinematographer), Tuomo Truhponen (Cinematographer), Marja Viitahuhta (Composer), Marja Viitahuhta (Director), Marja Viitahuhta (Editor), Marja Viitahuhta (Script), Marja Viitahuhta (Sound Design)
Marja Viitahuhta (formerly Mikkonen) is a Helsinki-based media artist and filmmaker who grew up in the Inari region. Her works range from films, performances and installations to photography and collage. She holds a BA degree in performance art from the Turku Polytechnic Arts Academy and an MFA degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. She has been awarded internationally at Cannes (Cinéfondation), Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Mediawave and L’Alternativa film festivals. Viitahuhta often bases her experimental works on documentary methods such as usage of archive material and found images as well as interviews. Viitahuhta has collaborated with musicians Ánnámáret (Anna Näkkäläjärvi-Länsman), Ilkka Heinonen and Turkka Inkilä since 2019. The working group is initiated by Ánnámáret.
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