Impivaara - A New World

IC-98

Brothers escape to the virgin forests of Impivaara to create a new world. An experimental imagining of Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi’s novel Seven Brothers (1870) for the 21st Century, focusing on the energetic basis of a Northern welfare state and a possible future emerging from the climate crisis.

Production Year
2024
Duration
00:26:02
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Impivaara - uusi maailma
Finnish Title

Impivaara - uusi maailma

English Title

Impivaara - A New World

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
IC-98 (Author), Jussi Eerola (Cinematographer), Paavoharju (Composer), Patrik Söderlund (Director), Jussi Eerola (Editor), Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy (Producer), Jussi Eerola (Producer), Patrik Söderlund (Script), Mika Niinimaa (Sound Design), Yleisradio Oy (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Funder)
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IC-98 (originally Iconoclast, founded in 1998) is Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund. IC-98's projects often take the form of installations or publications, combining research, text, drawing and animation. Their intensely abstracted, identifiable visual language weaves myriad bridges between the material and mythical, individual and collective, nature and culture. The works concern the body politic, social formations and architectural constructions, different ecologies and the presence of human and natural history in everyday life. The works of IC-98 has been presented in exhibitions, biennales and projects around Nordic countries, Europe, The USA and Asia. In 2015, IC-98 represented Finland at Venice Biennale.