Conversations

Oja Marjatta

Conversations consists of two overlaid videos projected onto rectangular screens that are leaning against a wall, one horizontally and one vertically.  The screens allow for the characters within the film to exist in physically separate spaces. The work deals with how to designate a space for oneself.

Production Year
2004
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Keskusteluja
Finnish Title
Keskusteluja
English Title
Conversations
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
No
Cast
Marjatta Oja (Author)
Press Photos
Marjatta Oja lives and works in Helsinki. She has studied in Free Art School in Helsinki, Accademia di Belle Arte in Milan and in the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, where she completed her doctoral studies in 2011. Oja uses different media, mainly photographs, videos and objects. She aims to infuse image with depth, liveliness and three-dimensionality into “situational sculptures”. The works of Oja have been presented in exhibitions and events since the late 1980s in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and the USA.