In a Dream I Fucked My Grandmother (a love letter)
Mäki Teemu
The director recites a poem to the camera. The video is a love letter to the mother of his mother Laina Raakel Takaluoma, whom he describes as his heroine. 'I admire her ability to live in complete purposelessness, without becoming numb. Her life has no artificial pseudo-value, it just is, and she still has a taste for it. '
Production Year
1995
Duration
00:04:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
drawing (artistic creation), dreams (sleeping), experimental films, families, grandmothers, letters, love, lyric poetry, older people, performance (art forms), personal narrative, reading, taboos
Original Title
In a Dream I Fucked My Grandmother (a love letter)
Finnish Title
In a Dream I Fucked My Grandmother (a love letter)
English Title
In a Dream I Fucked My Grandmother (a love letter)
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
No
Cast
Teemu Mäki (Author), Teemu Mäki (Director)
Press Photos
Teemu Mäki (b. 1967) is an artist, theatre director, writer and researcher. He completed his PhD in 2005 and worked as a Professor in Aalto University during 2008–13. Mäki works in the fields of art, philosophy and politics. The results are visual art, theater, literature or theory. For Mäki art is the most flexible, versatile and comprehensive form of philosophy and politics. His works have been presented in museums and galleries in Finland and abroad, as well as in theatres, film screenings and festivals.
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