Niina Suominen: Mikä aika on? / What Time Is?

Completion year: 2020

Technique: Experimental animation

Size: 7´15´´

Keywords: Niina Suominen, sota, filmi, kokeellinen, Mikä aika on?, Jukka Ruohomäki, kokeellinen elokuva, animaatio, elektroninen musiikki, Dimi,

The starting point was to create a visually interesting and intense, kaleidoscopically abundant work that could be set together with the pioneering electric composition of Jukka Ruohomäki (b.1947 d.2022). The sound material was created in 1970 with the DIMI-synthesizer designed by Erkki Kurenniemi. The film material (16mm) was shot and developed by the director with the exception of the found footage war imagery. What time is? places the experience of time in the centre of contemplation. The human figures act as reference points for meditation on the passage and ending of time. The images of war function as universal symbols reflecting the inherent violence in human nature through all eras. The work gives us a chance to reflect on the transient nature of time and the relationship of the viewer to the conflict-ridden epoch in which we live.

Production supported by: TAIKE and AVEK

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