The Finnish Pavilion
Jaakko Pallasvuo
Three artists are invited to represent Finland at the 2015 Venice Biennale. In the roles of the artist characters are the performance duo Antti Jussila & Jari Kallio and actor Laura Birn. Narration is done by graphic designer and author Johannes Ekholm. The Finnish Pavilion is not about national identity, the price of ambition or the expectations put on art and the artists.
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:24:39
Type
Genre
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Original Title
Suomen Paviljonki
Finnish Title
Suomen paviljonki
English Title
The Finnish Pavilion
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jaakko Pallasvuo (Author), Jaakko Pallasvuo (Cinematographer), Kimmo Modig (Cinematographer), Hertta Kiiski (Cinematographer), Sakari Tervo (Cinematographer), Jaakko Pallasvuo (Director), Kimmo Modig (Director), Laura Birn (Cast), Antti Jussila (Cast), Jari Kallio (Cast), Jaakko Pallasvuo (Editor), Kimmo Modig (Editor), Jaakko Pallasvuo (Sound), Kimmo Modig (Sound)
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Jaakko Pallasvuo is an artist. Pallasvuo makes videos, texts, performances and installations that explore the anxieties of being alive now, and the prospect of living in some possible future. In recent years Pallasvuo's work has been presented at The New York Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Kunsthalle St. Gallen and Jupiter Woods, among other places.
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