Blonde Men
Ylikoski Maria
Blonde Men is a two-channel video installation in which a woman reads her daughter’s cards while teaching her the art of fortune telling. The cards promise men and wealth for both women in the future.
Production Year
1999
Duration
00:17:00
Tyyppi
Asiasana
card reading, daughters, families, feminism, fortune-telling, future, humour, installations (works of art), love, media art, mothers, video art, video installations
Original Title
Vaaleita miehiä
Finnish Title
Vaaleita miehiä
English Title
Blonde Men
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Maria Ylikoski (Author)
Press Photos
Maria Ylikoski (born in 1966) is a video artist working in Helsinki, Finland. Along with photography she has made videos and video installations since 1998. In her videos she deals with the themes of growing up, family relations and memory. Ylikoski graduated from Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 2011 with a master's degree in moving image. She has also studied photography in Turku School of Art and Communication (1995) and in The School of Photography and Film at Gothenburg University (1998). She works as a teacher of audio-visual media.
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