The Terrace

Horelli Laura

As a child Laura Horelli and her family lived in a row house in Nairobi, Kenya, for a period of four years before moving back to Helsinki. The video 'The Terrace' approaches Horelli's childhood home.

Production Year
2011
Duration
00:24:18
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
The Terrace
Finnish Title
Terassi
English Title
The Terrace
Production Countries
Kenya,Germany
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Laura Horelli (Author), Laura Horelli (Director), Laura Horelli (Editor), Janina Herhoffer (Editor), Laura Horelli (Script), Jan Zabeil (Camera), Ng'ethe Ephantus (Camera), Kiasma (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Goethe Institute Nairobi (Funder), Ng'ethe Ephantus (Sound), James Ephantus (Sound), Jochen Jezussek (Sound)
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Laura Horelli (b. 1976, Helsinki) lives in Berlin and works with experimental documentary video. She is interested in representations and mediations of the past taking on a microhistorical approach. Her works have been exhibited at Venice Biennale (2001, 2009), Manifesta 5, (2004), ARS 11, Kiasma (2001, 2011), Galerie Barbara Weiss (2003, 2007, 2011) and Badischer Kunstverein (2014). She has participated in film festivals like Berlinale Forum Expanded (2017, 2018), ISFF Oberhausen (2018), IndieLisboa (2017), Kasseler Dokfest (2013) and CPH:DOX (2009). In 2011, she received the Hannah Höch Prize for Young Artists.