Vanesa
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»very private...*«
19. november 1999 – 5. december
1999, otvoritev 19.11.1999 ob 18. uri
Galerija likovnih umetnosti
Slovenj Gradec*
Kustos razstave: Vanesa
Cvahte
Koordinacija: Katarina Hergold
Eija Liisa Ahtila
Eija Liisa Ahtila se je rodila leta 1959 v Hameelinna
na Finskem.
Je umetnica in filmarka. Od konca osemdesetih
let deluje na različnih področjih avdiovizualnega izražanja. Študirala
je film in medije v Londonu (Londonska tiskarska šola, oddelek za film
in video na Šoli za medije in management) in Los Angelesu (program za film,
televizijo, gledališče in multimedijske študije na kalifornijski univerzi
UCLA). Danes se ukvarja predvsem s filmom in videom.
V svojem delu raziskuje eksperimentalne pripovedne
načine in tehnike, npr. zvezo med kratkimi filmi in reklamami, tehniko
lomljenih ekranov in pripovedne možnosti instalacij z več ekrani. Njeni
filmi so bili prikazani vsaj na 40 mednarodnih filmskih festivalih po svetu
in na več televizijskih kanalih v Evropi in Avstraliji. Letos je Ahtila
sodelovala na Beneškem Bienalu kot predstavnica finskega paljona. Živi
in dela v Helsinkih.
DANES, video, 10 min, 1996/1997
Danes je kratek film in video instalacija. Film
tvorijo tri epizode. Predstavljen je prek televizijskih kanalov, v kinodvoranah
in na filmskih festivalih, pa tudi v galerijah in muzejih. Film se ukvarja
z raziskovanjem in širitvijo jezika gibljivih podob v sodobni vizualni
kulturi, ki jo opredeljujejo značilnosti glasbenih videov, televizijskih
dram in reklamiranja. Umetnica je hotela ustvariti sodoben, »avantgarden«
ali eksperimentalen filmski izdelek, raziskati možnosti tehničnih sredstev
za izražanje snovi, a kljub temu ohraniti dostopnost izdelka širšemu občinstvu.
Danes sestavljajo tri kratke polemične epizode. Tema teh epizod je odnos
med očetom in hčerko. Neke poletne noči dedek doživi nesrečo in umre. Ta
dogodek vidijo tri različne osebe. Vsaka od epizod prikazuje srečanje z
enim članom družine, ki razkrije del svojega zasebnega življenja v različnih
časovnih obdobjih. Epizode so medsebojno povezane z vsebino, dialogi ter
vizualnimi in zvočnimi prvinami. Igralci igrajo vloge v zgodbi, hkrati
pa se z govorom v kamero neposredno obračajo h gledalcu. Poudarek pripovedi
ni na preprosti vzročni povezanosti dogodkov, pač pa na avdiovizualnih
elementih vsakega prizora in na informacijah, ki jih vsak prizor prispeva
v zgodbo kot celoto.
EIJA LIISA AHTILA
Eija Liisa Ahtila was born
in Hameelinna, Finland, in 1959.
She is an artist and filmmaker.
She has been working in diverse areas of audio-visual expression since
the late eighties. Ahtila studied film and multimedia in London (London
College of Printing, School of Media and Management, Film and Video Department)
and Los Angeles (UCLA, Certificate Program, Film, TV, Theater and Multimedia
Studies). She has been working mainly in film and video.
In her work she has explored
experimental narrative storytelling and techniques and, e.g., the connection
between short films and commercials, split screen techniques and the possibilities
of narration in multi-screen installations. Her films were shown at over
40 international film festivals around the world and on several different
TV channels in Europe and Australia. This year she participated at the
Venice Biennial as a representative of Finland. She lives and works in
Helsinki.
TODAY, video, 10 min, 1996/1997
Today is a short video film
and a video installation, which consists of three episodes. It will be
presented on TV channels, in cinemas and at film festivals, as well as
in art galleries and museums. The aim of the films is to explore and expand
the language of moving image in contemporary visual culture, which has
been influenced by the characteristics of music videos, television drama
and advertising. The goal was to produce a work of contemporary moving
image »avant-garde«, or experiment, to explore the possibilities of technical
means in expressing subject matter, and nevertheless to maintain the relevance
of the work to larger audiences.
TODAY consists of three short
polemical episodes. The theme of the episodes is the relationship between
father and daughter. In a summer night, grandfather dies in an accident.
The event is viewed through three different characters. Each episode presents
a meeting with a different member of the family who reveals a part of his/her
private life at different periods of time. The episodes are connected thematically,
in dialogue, and with visual and sound elements. The actors play characters
in the setting of the story, but they also address their lines directly
through camera to the viewer. Instead of simple causality of events the
emphasis in the narrative is placed on the audio-visual elements of each
scene and the information it offers to the story as a whole.
