Letter 1 / AIR
Autio Miia
The essayistic video work is based on a correspondence between the artist and a Beninese diviner (bokonon). Through this dialogue, the artist seeks to approach a reality unfamiliar to them: the worldview of Vodun, the world’s largest nature religion.
Production Year
2024
Tyyppi
Asiasana
air, conversation, cultural change, dialogue, documentarism, ecology, experimental films, Invisibility, light, media art, photography, pictures, reality, spirituality, vodou, worldview
Original Title
Kirje 1 / ILMA
English Title
Letter 1 / AIR
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Miia Autio (Author), Miia Autio (Director), Miia Autio (Editor), Miia Autio (Producer), Miia Autio (Script), Robert Djossou (Script), Janne Halonen (Sound Design), Miia Autio (Copyright Holder), Olga ja Vilho Linnamon säätiö (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder)
Press Photos
Miia Autio is a visual artist with a background in documentary photography. Her works explore the boundary between the visible and the invisible. Since 2016, her works have been featured in several solo and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad.