Anna-Leena Vilhunen: Still-kuva Kaikki ei näy ainakaan heti
Completion year: 2024
Technique: Still picture
Keywords: Anna-Leena Vilhunen, Juha T. Koskinen, Jan Lehtola, Mika Koskinen, Arttu Peltomaa, Anni Raitio, Kokeellinen videoelokuva, Experimental video Kaikki ei näy ainakaan heti, Not everything is visible at once
Still picture, Genre: Kokeellinen elokuva, Experimental, Experimental video Kaikki ei näy ainakaan heti / Not everything is visible at once
Length 07:00, 2024, Synopsis
When the bucket of an excavator and an artist’s paintbrush move, something is found and something is covered. My film Kaikki ei näy ainakaan heti / Not everything is visible at once contains observations of digging in a number of overlapping meanings. I want to give space to realisation.
The film contains scenes such as close-ups of digging at foundations and groundwork sites or of a decades-old Caterpillar moving in a yard. Despite the documentary-style features, I do not present any personal stories.
Sounds overlap without being too self-evident. In addition to the composed music, the video features natural sounds from construction sites and the studio, such as human conversation. The painter’s steps in the studio provide continuity throughout the film. There are also excerpts from an organ piece composed by Juha T. Koskinen. The four-part Ormhuvud piece for the organ was commissioned by Jan Lehtola, who first performed it publicly at St. Paul’s Church in Helsinki on the 7th of July 2006. The name of the piece comes from Gunnar Ekelöf’s collection of poems Sagan om Fatumeh (1966).
Sound designer and composer Juha T. Koskinen, musician Jan Lehtola, editor Mika Koskinen, cinematographer Arttu Peltomaa, and model Anni Raitio. I acted as director, screenwriter and cinematographer.