In Transition
Rahaa Sepideh
In Transition is a poetic and metaphorical approach to the concepts of migration, womanhood and resistance intertwined with identity and dreams through the act of knitting together an indirect dialogue between two women who have never met. They attempt to self-position and to explore their roots and to find the higher meaning of life. In Transition is produced in centennial year of Finnish independency to critically address the position of the women with Middle Eastern roots in Finland.
Production Year
2017
Duration
00:13:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
body image, conceptual art, criticism, dreams (aspirations), experimental films, feminism, human relations, identity (mental objects), interaction, meaning of life, media art, metaphors, migrants, migration, performance (art forms), resistance (politics), video art, video installations, woman's status, womanhood, women
Original Title
In Transition
Finnish Title
In Transition
English Title
In Transition
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sepideh Rahaa (Author), Sepideh Rahaa (Cinematographer), Sepideh Rahaa (Director), Sepideh Rahaa (Editor), Sepideh Rahaa (Producer), Sepideh Rahaa (Script), Ana Gutieszca (Sound Design), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Ramina Habibollah (Performer), Razan Abou Askar (Performer), Ville Apell (Technical Director)
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Sepideh Rahaa (1981, IR) is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Helsinki. Through her practice, among other interests, she questions social norms and conventions while focusing on body, womanhood and everyday resistances, silenced histories and migration. Currently she is pursuing her doctoral studies in Contemporary Art at Aalto University with a critical and analytical view on representation and image production. Her works has been shown in Europe, East and Southwest Asia.