Three tape loops spin in reel-to-reel tape recorders. The piece is inspired by the idea of weekly housecleaning as mechanical music. These field recordings of an everyday chore have been reworked into a musical fantasy.
Exhibitions:
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (2020, 2 min, dir. Mika Taanila, testifilmi #6) is selected for the National Competition section at Tampere Film Festival 2021. The festival takes place from 10 to 14 March 2021 and this year only as online streaming event.
Mika Taanila’s short film Patent Nr. 314805 (2020, 2 min, testifilmi #6) is selected for the Nordic Competition program of Minimalen Short Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway 12–17 January, 2021.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (2020, dir. Mika Taanila) is screening at the 37th Kassel Dokfest 17-22 November 2020.
According to the German federal government’s decision for a second lockdown in November, the 37th Kassel Dokfest will be held online. Here FESTIVAL TRAILER , the festival catalog can be downloaded as a PDF HERE.
Around 190 films will available as DokfestStreams from November 18 to 27. They will be accessible via festival homepage as a direct link in the program or via VoD platform. Details about access and tickets can be found here on DokfestOnline.
The short films Patent Nr. 314805 (2020) and Optical Sound (2005) by Mika Taanila are screening at VAFT – Video Art Festival Turku on Saturday 7 November 2020. The combined selection of shorts “Five Years of VAFT” features works by Salla Tykkä, Heidi Tikka, Artur Jesus Inkerö, Hertta Kiiski and Reija Meriläinen. Kino Diana at 14:00h.
The Biennial of the Moving Image (BIM) in Buenos Aires is not taking place in its physical form this autumn due to Covid-19. For the current online edition BIM commissioned short video pieces from artists who had participated in previous editions of the event. Mika Taanila’s contribution is a miniature video work entitled Rakentajat (“Constructors”).
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (dir. Mika Taanila, 2020, produced by Testifilmi) is part of the B3 – Biennial of Moving Image in Frankfurt from 9 until 18 October, 2020.
The film is showing at the Art Program section of the event.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (dir. Mika Taanila, 2020) is screening at the International Competition of the 39th Uppsala Short Film Festival in 19–25 October 2020.
The short film Patent Nr. 314805 (2020) by Mika Taanila is screening in the program “Cinema for the Ear” in Paris on 14 October 2020. The event is organized by Light Cone at Luminor Hôtel de Ville and starts at 20:30h. The screening alternates sound pieces played in cinema (Walter Ruttmann, Michéle Bokanowski, Jean-Marc Duchenne) and short films that extend the use of the optical sound track (Lis Rhodes, Paul Sharits, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Mika Taanila and Stefano Canapa).