Play This At My Funeral
Tellervo Kalleinen
Different people in Helsinki and Berlin are posing in their homes with the instruments they wish to be played at their funeral. The participants, aged between 4 and 90 years, were found through an open call distributed in social media. The video is matched to the song "Play this at my funeral" by Swedish band Blood Music.
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:03:42
Type
Genre
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Original Title
Play This At My Funeral
Finnish Title
Play This At My Funeral
English Title
Play This At My Funeral
Production Countries
Finland,Germany
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Tellervo Kalleinen (Author), Niina Lehtonen Braun (Author), Niina Lehtonen Braun (Cinematographer), Tellervo Kalleinen (Cinematographer), Tellervo Kalleinen (Director), Niina Lehtonen Braun (Director), Tellervo Kalleinen (Editor)
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Tellervo Kalleinen is a visual artist based in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated as MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. She works with video, performance, intervention and events. Most of her works are participatory and based on creative collaboration. Since 2003, she has worked with Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. The works of the artist duo are participatory by nature. Most recent works tackle the human relationship with society through means of film. Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen have participated in exhibitions around the world, including Ars Electronica Center in Linz, Austria (2010), MoMA P.S.1 in New York (2008), Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2010) and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2014). Kalleinen and Kochta-Kalleinen won the prestigious Ars Fennica Award in 2014.
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