Reel
Toikka Jenni
The formal subject of Reel is memory disorder. In the work, the observed reality of the memory diseased parallels with basic questions of visual arts – image, viewing and observing. The topic is viewed as solutions in the narrative means of moving image. Events are located in a performance-like situation in which a series of actions are viewed in different ways - from a distance, with one long shot, and reciprocally - from near, utilising cuts and angles. The piece follows the structure of the disease but, despite being illogical and unchronological, it seeks to find a way to combine the pieces of the memory diseased world into a narrative and comprehensible whole.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:07:32
Tyyppi
Asiasana
choreography, chronology, conceptual art, decomposition (chemistry), diseases, experimental films, fine arts, fragments, landscape, memories (mental objects), memory (cognition), memory loss diseases, observation, perception, performance (art forms), water
Original Title
Reel
English Title
Reel
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jenni Toikka (Author), Ville Piippo (Cinematographer), Heikki Kossi (Composer), Pietu Korhonen (Composer), Jenni Toikka (Director), Sampo Siren (Editor), Jenni Toikka (Editor), Harri Avenainen (Other ), Masi Tiitta (Other ), Petri Falkenberg (Other ), Haro Malmivaara (Other ), Jenni Toikka (Producer), Jenni Toikka (Script), Julia Lappalainen (Actor), Greta ja William Lehtisen säätiö (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Tomi Lauri (Other ), Pietu Korhonen (Sound Design), Heikki Kossi (Sound Design)
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Jenni Toikka
Born: 1983
Jenni Toikka (b. 1983) is a Helsinki-based visual artist working predominantly with moving images. Toikka graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki in 2012. She has had several solo exhibitions in Helsinki including at Sinne, Forum Box and Kluuvi Gallery. In autumn 2019, her work was shown in the solo exhibition Reel at HAM – Helsinki Art Museum. Jenni Toikka’s video pieces have been seen internationally in group exhibitions and at festivals. Her work is represented in the collections of the Saastamoinen Foundation, Espoo Modern Art museum EMMA and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
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