Smoking Spot
Suominen Niina
An experimental film about the loss of the communal smoking area.
This work contemplates themes of cultural norms, social meanings and territorial behaviour of human beings. A smoking spot is more than just a place to smoke.
Production Year
2025
Duration
00:11:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
cultural change, dialogue-free, diversity, documentation, everyday, experimental films, experimental methods, field recordings, human condition, illusions, landscape, media art, nostalgia, public spaces, rituals, space, synthesizer (electronic musical instruments), taboos, underground (styles), urban landscape, urban space
Original Title
Tupakkapaikka
Finnish Title
Tupakkapaikka
English Title
Smoking Spot
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Niina Suominen (Author), Niina Suominen (Cinematographer), Laura Naukkarinen (Composer), Niina Suominen (Director), Niina Suominen (Editor), Niina Suominen (Producer), Force Majeure Films (Producer), Niina Suominen (Script), Niina Suominen (Sound Design), VISEK (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), AVEK (Funder), Yleisradio Oy (Funder)
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Niina Suominen is a visual artist working with experimental moving images using animation and analogue hand-made processes. For over 20 years she has produced short audiovisual films inspired by early experimental animation, exploring late-modern surrealism through self-built tools and repurposed materials.
11 works