Forest Martha
Hukkataival Helinä
Forest Martha is part of the series of photography and video First You Have to Be a Martha, which started in 2014. Season changes from autumn to winter and Martha continues her quiet work in the middle of a Finnish forest. Forest Martha is the counterpart to the video Never a Lazy Moment, filmed in the centre of Rome in 2014.
Production Year
2015
Duration
00:03:25
Tyyppi
Asiasana
autumn, documentarism, forests, nature, older people, performance (art forms), seasons, sewing, still lives, trees, women, work
Original Title
Metsämartta
Finnish Title
Metsämartta
English Title
Forest Martha
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Helinä Hukkataival (Author), Ville Ruokonen (Cinematographer), Marjo Teivonen (Cinematographer), Helinä Hukkataival (Director), Helinä Hukkataival (Editor), Helinä Hukkataival (Script), Helinä Hukkataival (Actor), Helinä Hukkataival (Sound Design)
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Helinä Hukkataival has worked as a media and performance artist since 1969 and also as an art educator until 2001. She has astudied at Tampere University of Applied Sciences School of Art and Media. Her performances and video installations have been seen in numerous exhibitions in Finland and abroad. Since the 1990s, her work has concentrated in performance art, but is nowadays often combined with video. Her works deal with the search of universal in personal experiences. Hukkataival received The State Prize for Visual Art in 2004.
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