Lullabies

Petri Saarikko

It's been said that children speak the truth. Where this blind faith of truth they provide us with originates from? From the metaphysical ether of ideas? From the Sirens in the seas of the unconscious, or from the Dreamtime? From our own foolish unconditional love? Indigenous cultures preserved the essence of their traditions into orally transmitted songs. We adults save it all in the cloud and ask for Siri. Aboriginals used song lines to navigate their arduous passages through endless desserts. African tribes used culling songs to defend themselves. They all sang their songs. We search the web. Today we still tell stories. Sing karaokes, slam poetry and speak in metaphors. Fairytales involved wise narrators who often took animal form and performed dramatic acts. These stories live still even among adults. Lullabies delves into the dreams of today to generate a master lullaby that puts the whole wide World into sleep. 

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Production Year
2017
Duration
00:04:14
Type
Single channel
Genre
music video
Tags
childhood, performance (art forms), personal narrative, power, young people
Original Title
Lullabies
English Title

Lullabies

Production Countries
Finland,Sweden
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Petri Saarikko (Author), Fredric Andersson (Cinematographer), Petri Saarikko (Cinematographer), Johan Grusell (Composer), Petri Saarikko (Director), Jamal Sameh (Editor), Anneli Berglund / Kalmar Konstmuseum (Producer), Malva Dovander (Script), Signe Wåhlstrand (Script), Klara Ryberg (Script), Maroa Ibrahem (Script), Shahad Ibrahem (Script), Simon Nilsson (Script), Vera Westberg (Script), Safaa Ibrahem (Script), Amir Hosini (Script), Alaa Alamed (Script), Leo Hammarstedt (Script), Lovisa Rietz (Script), Elsa Appelberg (Script), Mohadeshen Nore (Script), Mehri Hosini (Script), Woad Ibrahem (Script), Tuva Almgren (Script), Vilton Arenhill (Script), Alma Martinsson (Script), Ahmad Safi (Script), Maja Arthursson (Script), Shahad Ibrahem (Actor), Mohadeshen Nore (Actor), Safaa Ibrahem (Actor), Simon Nilsson (Actor), Ahmad Safi (Actor), Vera Westberg (Actor), Lovisa Rietz (Actor), Klara Ryberg (Actor), Elsa Appelberg (Actor), Alaa Alamed (Actor), Leo Hammarstedt (Actor), Maja Arthursson (Actor), Alma Martinsson (Actor), Tuva Almgren (Actor), Amir Hosini (Actor), Vilton Arenhill (Actor), Mehri Hosini (Actor), Signe Wåhlstrand (Actor), Malva Dovander (Actor), Woad Ibrahem (Actor), Maroa Ibrahem (Actor), Ölands Folkhögskola (Funder), Mörbylånga kommun (Funder), Kalmar Konstmuseum (Funder), Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Funder), Finnish Cultural Foundation (Funder), Reaktor (Funder)
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Petri Saarikko

Born: 1973

Petri Saarikko (b. 1973) is Helsinki-based artist and designer. In his site-specific installations, Saarikko combines social commentary with his work as a designer and his background in new media. His work is highly performative in nature. Saarikko does not shy away from provocation. He often challenges ideas of national identity, artistic authorship or official political discourses by changing their context and thus showing the true, artificial nature of these phenomena. His work seeks to expose power relations, to make room for individual narratives, and takes a stand on behalf of equality. Saarikko collaborates regularly with his partner Sasha Huber Saarikko.

6 works

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Lullabies

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2017 / 00:04:14 / Single channel

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Remedies - Rongoã

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2016 / 00:06:05 / Single channel

Remedies - Remedies

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