Morrison & Friends
Lehtonen Paula
Documentary videoart piece Morrison & Friends depicts interspecies communications between humans and an alpaca. Morrison alpaca works with animal-assisted activities and alpaca therapy, visiting nursing homes with his trainer Tarja Jokinen. As a therapy animal, Morrison is used to interacting with people and he is not intimidated by people working behind cameras. This made it possible to create an environment in the studio where the participants seemingly simply needed to be present. Having all these beings spending time together was the basis for Morrison & Friends.
Production Year
2022
Duration
00:26:50
Tyyppi
Asiasana
animal behaviour, communication, documentary films, encounter, experimental films, friendship, posthumanism, species
Original Title
Ystävämme Morrison
Finnish Title
Ystävämme Morrison
English Title
Morrison & Friends
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Paula Lehtonen (Author), Paavo Lehtonen (Cinematographer), Mikko Peura (Cinematographer), Kristian Ekholm (Composer), Paula Lehtonen (Director), Paula Lehtonen (Editor), Paula Lehtonen (Producer), Paula Lehtonen (Script), Kristian Ekholm (Sound Design), Eero Yli-Vakkuri (Actor), Tarja Jokinen (Actor), Johanna Blom (Actor), Rasmus Hedlund (Actor), Alpakka Morrison (Actor), Anna-Sofia Sysser (Actor), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), VISEK (Funder)
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Paula Lehtonen is a media artist working with spatial video. Her work explores the process of digitalisation while expressing a primal yearning for a return to nature. Lehtonen was awarded a Master’s degree by the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Media Lab) in 2013.