Bird
Larjosto Harri
The artist sheltered currant bushes in his garden with a net. Unfortunately, instead of only covering the bushes it was catching birds. Before releasing the bird, the artist was watching it and thought How much harm a human being is causing just by making something in the ordinary, careless way?
Production Year
2003
Duration
00:10:08
Tyyppi
Asiasana
animals, birds, captivity, documentary films, experimental films, human-animal-relationship, nature, observation
Original Title
Lintu
Finnish Title
Lintu
English Title
Bird
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Harri Larjosto (Author), Harri Larjosto (Director)
Press Photos
Harri Larjosto is an artist from Turku who currently lives in Vantaa, Finland. He graduated from the University of Turku in 1976 and worked as a lecturer in the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2002–08. He has participated in exhibitions since 1978 and has for over fifty years explored images and tested the limits of different artistic disciplines. Larjosto's videos have been presented in many European countries, Japan and the USA. Larjosto is one of the founding artists of the Finnish avant-garde group “Ö group” who in the 1980s shook the art world and society with their humorous criticism. As a poetic and absurd humorist, Larjosto wants to depict the energy of chances and changed views. Larjosto was awarded with the Finland Prize by the Finnish State in 2006, and he received artist pension in 2014.
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