Pantagruel's Mouth

Rinne Miia

The installation's name refers to the French Renaissance adventure story Pantagruel by Rabelais. In the story, the narrator gets lost in the mouth of a giant, Pantagruel, where he finds a new world with beautiful meadows, forests, cities, and nice and bad people. The installation consists of three side-by-side projections that depict the journey. New cinematic worlds are built within the universe of another films. 

Production Year
2010
Duration
00:05:14
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Pantagruelin kita
Finnish Title
Pantagruelin kita
English Title
Pantagruel's Mouth
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Miia Rinne (Author), Miia Rinne (Producer)
Press Photos

Miia Rinne

Born: 1973

Miia Rinne (b. 1973) lives and works in Helsinki. She has MA degrees from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Rinne works with moving image, photography, printmaking and installations. In her works she mixes older and more recent material with each other and makes something new out of them. Rinne has participated in exhibitions, festivals and events in Finland and abroad since the late 1990s.