Rest of Time
Kela Leena
Video essay deals with time, slowness and change from the perspectives of a human body and rocks. The big, stable rocks represent slowness and permanence, in which a human touch has made quick changes. A human body itself wouldn’t win the unwavering force of a rock, but by using different tools a human can win the permanence of a rock and reform the landscape into a sculpture.
Production Year
2021
Duration
00:09:33
Asiasana
body, change, essays, granite, Mining, performance (art forms), rest, rock excavation, slowness, time
Original Title
Rest of Time
English Title
Rest of Time
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Leena Kela (Author), Jussi Virkkumaa (Cinematographer), Leena Kela (Director), Leena Kela (Editor), Jussi Virkkumaa (Editor), Leena Kela (Producer), Leena Kela (Script), Jussi Virkkumaa (Sound Design), Leena Kela (Actor), Mika Rouhiainen (Actor), Taideyliopisto (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Vantaan taidemuseo Artsi (Funder)
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Leena Kela is a performance artist, artistic director of the New Performance Turku Festival, a director of the Saari Residence and doctoral candidate at the University of the Arts Helsinki. In her works and research she explores dialogue between corporeality and materiality in performance art. She makes performances and videos that play with and twist our relationship with everyday objects and phenomena and pose questions to our worldview. She has presented her performances internationally in performance art festivals, events and exhibitions in every continent except Antarctica.