Standing/Styrox
Marjatta Oja
The work is 20 minutes looping video projection on styrox or plain wall. The installation reflects the pain of portraying oneself and being in the image.
Production Year
1990
Type
Tags
articles (inanimate objects),
body image,
installations (works of art),
plastic,
self-portraits,
wastes
Original Title
Seisova/Styrox
Finnish Title
Seisova/Styrox
English Title
Standing/Styrox
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
No
Cast
Marjatta Oja (Author)
Press Photos
Marjatta Oja lives and works in Helsinki. She has studied in Free Art School in Helsinki, Accademia di Belle Arte in Milan and in the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, where she completed her doctoral studies in 2011. Oja uses different media, mainly photographs, videos and objects. She aims to infuse image with depth, liveliness and three-dimensionality into “situational sculptures”. The works of Oja have been presented in exhibitions and events since the late 1980s in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and the USA.
25 works