Soft
Suoniemi Minna
First you see a forest, then soldiers in the forest. Soon it turns out that the soldiers are only boys playing, and the war is only a simulated war game. Soft takes a look at a hobby of the quiet boys.
Production Year
2003
Duration
00:06:16
Tyyppi
Asiasana
airsoft, battles, boys, camouflage outfits, children (age groups), description, experimental films, hobbies, landscape, nature, playing (children's games), shooting, soldiers, violence (activity), warfare, weapons
Original Title
Softaajat
Finnish Title
Softaajat
English Title
Soft
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Minna Suoniemi (Author), Minna Suoniemi (Director)
Press Photos
Minna Suoniemi (b. 1972) is a Helsinki-based artist working with moving image and video installation. She's interested in how disruption and failure can make normative structures and models visible and has worked on loaded subjects such as gender roles, motherhood and power relations. She has exhibited internationally in Europe, United States, South America and Asia including Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Preus Museum of Photography in Norway, 2nd International Festival for Photography and Video in Seoul and Moscow Biennial for young art, and her work is in Collections of major Finnish Art Museums. Suoniemi is a member of The Finnish State audiovisual Art Committee and works as a lecturer in Aalto University, Department of Art.
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