Stone under the Moon

Oja Milla-Kariina

If nature had a mind, how would it work? Could we commune with it? How would it be possible to understand the innermost essence of a natural entity such as a stone or the wind? These questions have driven the odd imaginary world that Milla-Kariina Oja has constructed in the Stone under the Moon video installation. The single-channel spatial video installation is centred on a barren and active island. The island is a living agent that writes its own story. Simultaneously, a human being aims to resonate with the surrounding environment through spontaneous ritualistic gestures. The work meditates on the core of human beings’ intimate and profound relationships with nature, and reflects on our seemingly absurd ways of being and acting.

Screening version also available.

 

Production Year
2022
Duration
00:08:32
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Kuun alla kivi
Finnish Title

Kuun alla kivi

English Title

Stone under the Moon

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Milla-Kariina Oja (Author), Milla-Kariina Oja (Cinematographer), Milla-Kariina Oja (Editor), Milla-Kariina Oja (Script), Pertti Venetjoki (Sound Design), AVEK (Funder)
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Milla-Kariina Oja (s.1976) is a visual artist based in Helsinki who works with photography and moving image. Her practice is particularly focused on video installations, which combine both the experimental and the performative. The themes of her works arise in response to basic questions of existence, such as how human beings inhabit the world and the built environment, and engage with nature and its cycles. Oja has studied photography and contemporary art in Manchester Metropolitan University, and in the universities of Castilla-La Mancha, and Barcelona. Oja’s works have been exhibited throughout Europe and China, notably in The Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museum of contemporary art in Turku, Finland.