With the Pine in Seurasaari
Arlander Annette
These conversations were recorded with a pine tree growing in the southern part of Seurasaari Island in Helsinki on Sundays between October 2, 2022 and June 4, 2023. The video contains fragments of the 23 conversations with the pine, in Finnish, edited chronologically with one section from each conversation. The conversation thus wanders from topic to topic.toimivat symbolisina ilmauksina itsestämme.
Production Year
2023
Duration
00:56:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Seurasaaren männyn kanssa
Finnish Title
Seurasaaren männyn kanssa
English Title
With the Pine in Seurasaari
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Annette Arlander (Author), Annette Arlander (Cinematographer), Annette Arlander (Director), Annette Arlander (Editor), Annette Arlander (Producer), Annette Arlander (Script), Annette Arlander (Sound Design), Annette Arlander (Actor), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder)
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Annette Arlander is a Helsinki-based artist, researcher and a pedagogue, one of the pioneers of Finnish performance art and a trailblazer of artistic research. She graduated as a director from Theatre Academy in 1981 and as Doctor of Art in 1999. Arlander was Professor of Performance Art and Theory at Theatre Academy 2001–13, Professor of Artistic Research 2015-16 at University of the Arts Helsinki and visiting professor at Stockholm University of the Arts. Her art work focuses on performing (in, with, through) landscape by means of video or recorded voice, in the border zone between performance art, video and environmental art.
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