Language Is The Key To Everything
Lecklin Johanna
A young man with Finnish roots tells a fictionalised story in Swedish. It is based on questions of identity and language that the Swedish-Finnish interviewees had discussed. The elderly woman, a first generation immigrant, speaks about cultural and linguistic identity with the man.
Production Year
2012
Duration
00:13:06
Tyyppi
Asiasana
cultural identity, documentarism, installations (works of art), interviews, linguistic identity, media art, migrants, national identity, personal narrative, political art, portraits (works of art ), Sweden Finns, video art, video installations
Original Title
Kieli on avain kaikkeen
Finnish Title
Språket är nyckeln till allt
English Title
Language Is The Key To Everything
Production Countries
Finland,Sweden
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Johanna Lecklin (Author), Niklas Kullström (Cinematographer), Johanna Lecklin (Director), Johanna Lecklin (Editor), Johanna Lecklin (Script), Jari Miettinen (Actor), Seija Rötkö (Actor), Kimmo Vänttinen (Sound)
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Johanna Lecklin (b. 1972) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2003 and studied in London at the Slade School of Fine Art, in UCL. Lecklin works with video and photography. Her video work is based on documentary, narrativity and performativity. Lecklin’s works have been presented in numerous exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including the City States exhibition at Liverpool Biennial (2010) and It’s a Setup at Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in Helsinki (2010).
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