The Helsinki Tree Calendar
Arlander Annette
The work was recorded in the parks of Helsinki in 2017 and is based on the Celtic lunar calendar with thirteen months named after trees or shrubs. The screening version consists of the beginning of all 13 images or scenes in the calendar, with the initial title, in English, included. The ninth image is recorded vertical and here tilted horizontally.
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:17:42
Tyyppi
Asiasana
documentarism, experimental films, forests, Helsinki, landscape, nature, parks, performance (art forms), time, trees
Original Title
The Helsinki Tree Calendar
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Annette Arlander (Author), Annette Arlander (Cinematographer), Annette Arlander (Director), Annette Arlander (Editor), Annette Arlander (Script), Annette Arlander (Sound Design), Annette Arlander (Actor), Koneen säätiö (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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