Mr Amber King

Leino Renja

Mr Amber King, charming Kazimieras Mizgiris, tells humoristically about the wonders of the legendary Baltic Amber. He himself is a well known amber enthusiast, who loves to spread the legend of amber. He even shows some strange and unusual uses for this 50 million years old fossil amber. The industry around the material is huge, so it is interesting to learn how real amber can be easily told apart from plastic imitations.

Production Year
2015
Duration
00:23:01
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Mr Amber King
Finnish Title

Mr Amber King

English Title

Mr Amber King

Production Countries
Lithuania,Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Renja Leino (Author), Renja Leino (Cinematographer), Renja Leino (Director), Viliina Koivisto (Editor), Renja Leino (Producer), Renja Leino (Script), Renja Leino (Sound Design), Mizgiris Kazimieras (Actor)
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Visual artist Renja Leino (b 1958) works with multidisciplinary mediums, mainly photography, video, and site-specific installation.Her focus is on contemporary phenomena and existential questions on the complex relationship between nature and humans. Currently, her subject matter is the sea, and its elements – and the change. Based on the island of Korpo since 1990 she is strongly influenced of the archipelago nature. Since 1998, Renja Leino works as a senior lecturer in photography in the Arts Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences. She is also residency founder and director of the international Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, AARK since 2015. Her works are acquired e.g. in the Finnish State Art Collection, The Finnish Museum of Photography, EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art.