Turn the Light
Kuorinki Mikko
Turn the Light consists of two large-scale video projections where a character slowly turns bright lights sequentially towards the camera and the forest, as if in a desperate attempt to lighten the pitch black forest. On the other hand, the character can be seen as a human lighthouse.
Production Year
2011
Duration
00:02:56
Tyyppi
Asiasana
darkness, forests, installations (works of art), landscape, light, lighthouses, media art, nature, performance (art forms), trees, video art, video installations, winter
Original Title
Turn the Light
Finnish Title
Turn the Light
English Title
Turn the Light
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Mikko Kuorinki (Cinematographer), Mikko Kuorinki (Author), Mikko Kuorinki (Director), Mikko Kuorinki (Editor), Mikko Kuorinki (Script), Mikko Kuorinki (Actor), Mikko Kuorinki (Sound)
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Mikko Kuorinki (b. 1977 Rovaniemi, Finland) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Kuorinki works in a variety of media including performance, installation, video and photography. He holds a BA in photography from Turku Art Academy and received his MFA from University of Arts and Design Helsinki. His works investigate how we understand the world and our place in it. Often conceptual, Kuorinki’s works touch upon experiences of alienation and rootlessness. He has exhibited and screened his works internationally at institutions such as Frankfurt Kunstverein (2014), 1646 in The Hague (2013), INCA Institute in Detroit (2012), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2012, 2010), Bozar – Center for Fine Arts Brussels (2006) and Rovaniemi Art Museum in Finland (2005).
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