Room I – a sketch
Rekula Heli
The camera frames a space too small for the person in the image to fully fit in.
Production Year
2007
Duration
00:02:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
body, body image, framing, framing (visual arts), installations (works of art), media art, performance (art forms), space, video art, video installations
Original Title
Tila I – hahmotelma
Finnish Title
Tila I – hahmotelma
English Title
Room I – a sketch
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
No
Cast
Jyrki Aarnikari (Cinematographer), Heli Rekula (Author), Heli Rekula (Director), Akke Eklund (Editor), Juuso Syrjä (Editor), Heli Rekula (Producer), Generator Post (Color Grading), AVEK (Support)
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Heli Rekula
Born: 1963
Heli Rekula is an acknowledged Finnish artist working with photography, moving image and installation. Rekula is known for both her staged and landscape photographs. She deals with matters like cultural ideals of beauty and the questions of normative identity construction. In 2001 Rekula participated in the Plateau of Humankind exhibition at the Venice Biennale and her retrospective exhibition (1989–2004) was seen at Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in 2005. Rekula was awarded with the Finnish State Prize for Photography in 2005 and with Ars Fennica Award in 2002. In 2012, she was a candidate for the Nordic Carnegie Art Award.
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