Night Garden
Kuukka Raakel
Night Garden is an atmospheric portraiture of a deserted house and its garden, which has burst into bloom amidst the darkness. Apple trees bear a heavy fruit, bats fly around, geraniums glow in colors of red, and a ghostly music plays over it all. Still, there is beauty!
Production Year
2011
Duration
00:09:34
Tyyppi
Asiasana
darkness, documentary films, experimental films, flower (parts of plants), landscape, light, nature, observation
Original Title
Yön puutarha
Finnish Title
Yön puutarha
English Title
Night Garden
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Raakel Kuukka (Author), Raakel Kuukka (Cinematographer), Raakel Kuukka (Director), Cvijeta Miljak (Editor), VISEK (Funder), Tatu Virtamo (Sound)
Raakel Kuukka (1955-2022) was a finnish visual artist. She graduated as a Master of Photography in the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 1988. In addition to her artistic activities, she has worked as a teacher, curator and in positions of trust. Kuukka’s works focus on family history and close community as well as questions of intercultural encounters in the globalised world. The works of Kuukka have been exhibited widely in solo and group shows and biennials in Finland and abroad. She received the State Prize for Photography in 2013.
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