Tectonic Plate
Taanila Mika
A camera-less lettrist film about fear of flying, security checks and time zones. After returning from a trip to Tokyo, the protagonist is stuck at a hotel nearby the Helsinki airport. The use of various technical devices, slivers the time-management and modifies the jet-lagged consciousness.
Production Year
2016
Duration
01:13:31
Tyyppi
Asiasana
experimental films, fear of flying, fiction, flying, Helsinki, hotels, jet lag syndrome, lettrism, lyric poetry, media art, paranoia, personal narrative, security checks, time differences, video art
Original Title
Mannerlaatta
Finnish Title
Mannerlaatta
English Title
Tectonic Plate
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mika Taanila (Author), Mika Taanila (Cinematographer), Mika Vainio (Composer), Mika Taanila (Director), Mika Taanila (Editor), Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy (Producer), Harry Salmenniemi (Script), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Suomen elokuvasäätiö (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Alfred Kordelinin säätiö (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), Olli Huhtanen (Sound Design), Lola Rogers (Translator)
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Mika Taanila (s. 1965) is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. He works with documentaries, experimental film and visual arts. Human engineering, utopias, failures and man-machines are recurring themes in his films and installations. Taanila’s works have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (Nordic Pavilion 2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), dOCUMENTA (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006), Berlin Biennale (2004), Manifesta (2002) and Istanbul Biennial (2001). Solo shows include the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2013–14), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2013), TENT, Rotterdam (2013) and Galleria Heino, Helsinki (2010). Taanila’s short films have been screened altogether at more than 300 international film festivals and special events. In 2015, Taanila was awarded with the prestigious Ars Fennica Award, the biggest Finnish art award.
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