Waiting for the Extinction :-(
Hamm Kalle
Band of Weeds uses microvolt sensors to record changes in the magnetic fields of plants and produces sound works from the collected biodata. The both soundtracks of the film were produced from biodata recorded from the Siberian primrose and glacier buttercup in the plants’ natural habitat in Norway. The both plants are next to local extinction in Finland.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:18:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
conceptual art, documentarism, endangered plants, environment, experimental films, landscape, media art, music videos, nature, Norway, plants, sound art, species, video art
Original Title
Waiting for the Extinction :-(
Production Countries
Finland,Norway
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Kalle Hamm (Author), Kalle Hamm (Cinematographer), Olli Aarni (Composer), Kalle Hamm (Composer), Hermanni Keko (Composer), Lauri Ainala (Composer), Kalle Hamm (Director), Kalle Hamm (Editor), Kalle Hamm (Producer), Kalle Hamm (Script), Koneen säätiö (Funder)
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Kalle Hamm is a Helsinki-based artist, whose work examines cultural encounters and their impacts both in historical and contemporary context. Hamm graduated with a BA degree from Lahti Institute of Fine Arts in 1994 and with MA from the University of Art and Design Helsinki 2002. Since 2000 he has collaborated with the artist Dzamil Kamanger from Iranian Kurdistan. Dealing with the position of marginality in mainstream culture and the encounters of cultures in global networks, their works occupy an intermediate zone between art, design and handicraft, and are often sparked off everyday things.
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