Two Islands
Ijäs Jan
Two Islands is a film about two enormous waste dumps in Staten Island and Hart Island, NYC. One is a now closed landfill, which at one point was the largest in the world, the other is a cemetary of unidentified people, still in use. Two Islands bluntly asks: what does the existence of these two huge mountains of economic and social waste tell about our civilization, and what kind of legacy will the archaeologists see in them when they are studying these a few centuries from now?
Production Year
2013
Duration
00:05:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
archeology, architecture, civilisation, consumer goods, consumer society, death, documentarism, experimental films, humanity (mental properties), landfills, mass graves, New York City, political art, urban space
Original Title
Two Islands
Finnish Title
Two Islands
English Title
Two Islands
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Yes
Cast
Jan Ijäs (Author), Jan Ijäs (Director), Okko Nuutilainen (Editor), Vilunki 3000 (Music), Cristian Manzutto (Camera)
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Jan Ijäs
Born: 1975
Media artist and film director Jan Ijäs (b. 1975) studied documentary film making at the Department of Film, Television and Scenography at the Aalto University in Helsinki. His work can be described as a blend of avant garde, experimental media art and documentary film making. His films have been screened at more than 200 Finnish and international film festivals and as installations in museums and art galleries. He has won numerous awards, including the Finnish Risto Jarva Prize in 2011 for SWEET MOV(I)E, Raft of the Médusa, film about immigration won Amnesty International Award 2018 at the IndieLisboa film festival in Portugal.
28 works