What If...
Kuchka Heta
What if… is a self-made alternative biography. A lie that could as well be true. How would the artist be, had she grown up in her other home country. People in New York and Pennsylvania bring the local colour to the interviews by lending the artist their life stories.
Production Year
2006
Duration
00:20:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
autobiographical approach, encounter, families, installations (works of art), interviews, life, lying, media art, New York City, personal narrative, stories, video art, video installations
Original Title
Mitä jos...
Finnish Title
Mitä jos...
English Title
What If...
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Heta Kuchka (Author)
Press Photos
Heta Kuchka is Finnish-American artist currently based in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2001 (MFA). She is a versatile artist who works with video, photography and drawing. Her approach is often humoristic yet dealing with humanly significant matters, such as dying and getting older, or the young and their thoughts. Her recent works are increasingly collective. Kuchka was selected as the Young Artist of the Year in 2006. She has participated in exhibitions in Finland and abroad and in 2014 represented Finland at FocusFinland pavilion at ARCOmadrid art fair.
19 works