Round
Näsänen Elena
In the two-channel video installation Round, the same role is played on each screen, on one side an actor, on the other an actress. They enter a bar dressed smartly, business-like, and sit there for a while. Later they drunkenly roam the streets, stumbling around. They end up in a bar somewhere where the time seems to stand still, only a ray of light moves slowly across the floor.
Production Year
2011
Duration
00:08:33
Tyyppi
Asiasana
alcohol (beverage), architecture, bars (eating and drinking establishments), drunkenness, experimental films, feminism, fiction, humour, installations (works of art), media art, men, urban space, video installations, women
Original Title
Round
Finnish Title
Round
English Title
Round
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Elena Näsänen (Author), Pekka Sassi (Composer), Elena Näsänen (Director), Elena Näsänen (Editor), Elena Näsänen (Script), Antti / Generator Post Peltoranta (3d Animation), Jukka Peltola (Actor), Mari Lehtonen (Actor), Joel Neves (Actor), Matleena Kuusela (Assistant), Mikko Missaghi (Assistant), Jussi Eerola (Camera), Pentti / Generator Post Keskimäki (Color Grading), Taiteen keskustoimikunta (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Tomi Lakonen (Gaffer), Seera Rytkölä (Production Assistant), Anne Tolkkinen (Sound)
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Elena Näsänen (b.1968) is a visual artist who works with film and video installations. She has studied in Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and The Slade School of Fine Art in London. In her works she combines elements of traditional cinema to video installation. The sound is always essential in her works. Her works has been shown in several exhibitions and film and video festivals. For example in Helsinki Kunsthalle, Marco Museum Vigo, The Anna Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, Kyoto Art Center, Mediamatic Amsterdam, FACT Liverpool, Anthology Film Archives New York, La casa Ensendida Madrid, Tate Modern London, ZKM Karlsruhe, Rotterdam Film Festival.
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