An Unusual Step
Autio Pasi
A male protagonist a is balancing and slowly stepping a single, six minute stepping cycle in a busy street corner. His advancing is dictated by a verbal description of what happens in his body as he steps extremely slowly forward.
Production Year
2012
Duration
00:07:40
Tyyppi
Asiasana
architecture, balance, cars, dance films, description, downshifting, dubbing, experimental films, Helsinki, human being, loneliness, lyric poetry, men, narrator, performance (art forms), public spaces, steps, streets, urban space, walking (motion)
Original Title
Vieras askel
Finnish Title
Vieras askel
English Title
An Unusual Step
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Pasi Autio (Author), Pasi Autio (Cinematographer), Pasi Autio (Director), Pasi Autio (Editor), Jukka Kangas (Script), Pasi Autio (Script), Svenska Kulturfonden (Funder), Taiteen keskustoimikunta (Funder), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Janne Marja-aho (Performer), Pasi Autio (Sound Design), Pelle Venetjoki (Sound Design), Kris Gummerus (Voice Over)
Press Photos
Pasi Autio (b. 1974) is a media artist whose works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions since 2000. He works with moving images, sound, photography, and performance. His practice addresses serious themes such as loneliness and humanity’s relationship with nature, often approached through humor.
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