The Spiritual Life of a Spruce
Holmström Gun
A charcoal animation with a message from nature. Life is flow, diversity, and consciousness – and life is holy. Perhaps trees are not as different from humans as we tend to believe. The text was born during numerous meditation sessions in the forest.
Production Year
2020
Duration
00:08:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
animation, consciousness (mental properties), ecology, forests, holiness, media art, messages, mysticism, nature, spirituality
Original Title
Kuusen henkinen elämä
Finnish Title
Kuusen henkinen elämä
English Title
The Spiritual Life of a Spruce
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Gun Holmström (Author), Gun Holmström (Cinematographer), Gun Holmström (Director), Gun Holmström (Editor), Gun Holmström (Producer), Gun Holmström (Script), Gun Holmström (Sound Design)
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Gun Holmström is a visual artist from Porvoo, Finland, who works with digital art, sculpture and painting. Holmström studied at Turku Art Academy in Finland in 1990–93 and in Gothenburg University in Sweden in 2004–06. She is a versatile artist who explores the complex web of contradictory human emotions and situations, and addresses current social and moral issues. The essential element in her work is the humane nature of social communication. Her works have been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions in Finland and internationally since the 1990s.
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