Present
Pelkki Sini
A composition of a human figure placed in a challenging position. The impossibility of the composition is discharged into movement and sound, into a stream towards the free form of the performer, camera and image. Present is a cry on photographic paper, on film, where the outlines of the body and the space and time of a room merge with the outside, the presence and time of a rock. At the core of the piece is the intertwining and simultaneity of different spaces, the dialogue between reflex and control, choreography that utilizes improvisation as well as poetic text in relation to the image.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:26:56
Asiasana
body, composition (visual arts), conceptual art, field recordings, interpretation, media art, photographic art, point of view, sound art, sound poetry, space
Original Title
Present
English Title
Present
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Sini Pelkki (Author), Pietari Peltola (Cinematographer), Marja Ahti (Composer), Keiko Yamamoto (Composer), Sini Pelkki (Director), Sini Pelkki (Editor), Sini Pelkki (Producer), Sini Pelkki (Script), Anne Tolkkinen (Sound Design), Villa Ruscica (Actor), Emma Hammarén (Actor), Anna Maria Häkkinen (Actor), Pietari Peltola (Actor), Keiko Yamamoto (Actor), Vanessa Billy (Actor), Sini Pelkki (Actor), Oskar Öflunds stiftelse (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), AVEK (Funder)
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Sini Pelkki (b. 1978 Helsinki) works with photography and moving image. She is interested in the subjectivity of seeing, introspective lives of spaces within spaces. In her works landscapes, figures and objects turn into layered narratives that lead to various paths and ambiguous readings. Pelkki has studied in London and Helsinki, gaining her Bachelor degree in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London (UK) in 2002 and MA from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki in 2008. Her works have been shown in exhibitions internationally. Film works have been presented at EMAF-European Media Art Festival, Rencontres Internationale Paris, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Internationale kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Videoex. Pelkki is based Helsinki, Finland.
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