The new single-channel video installation The Earth Who Fell to Man by Mika Taanila is part of the first ever edition of tape/basel – a new sector of photo basel devoted entirely to the moving image. The event runs from 14 June to 18 June 2017.
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DELAY OF GAME, BRANCHES and SAD SONG OF THE HARD-EDGE TRANSITION WIPE MARKERS at Oi Maamme! exhibition at Kuopio Art Museum, Finland ( )
June 9, 2017 - September 16, 2017Three miniature collage pieces by Mika Taanila are part of Kuopio Art Museum’s show Oi maamme! from 9 June until 16 September Produced by Yle, curated by Harto Hänninen, the exhibition features found footage works by Sami van Ingen, Timo Wright, Kehonrakentajat collective and many DIY film-makers. Taanila’s pieces are Delay of Game, Branches (both anaglyph 3D projections with stereo sound) and Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers (on a 4:3 monitor with headphones).
THE EARTH WHO FELL TO MAN at Salon Dahlmann, Berlin Germany ( )
June 9, 2017 - August 26, 2017The single channel video installation The Earth Who Fell to Man (2017) by Mika Taanila is on show at Salon Dahlmann’s Concierge Room in Berlin from 9 June until 26 August 2017. Street address: Marburger Strasse 3, 10789 Berlin.
A discussion with Mika Taanila and Olaf Möller at Salon Dahlmann on Thursday 27 July 2017 at 18h.
THE WORLD at Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä, Finland ( )
June 14, 2017 - June 18, 2017The short film The World (2017) is screening at Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Lapland, 14-18 June 2017.
THE EARTH WHO FELL TO MAN at balzer projects in Basel, Switzerland ( )
May 4, 2017 - July 15, 2017New single-channel video installation The Earth Who Fell to Man by Mika Taanila is on show at balzer projects in Basel from May 4 until July 15, 2017.
SAD SONG OF THE HARD-EDGE TRANSITION WIPE MARKERS at Kinodot Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia ( )
May 27, 2017 - May 28, 2017The archival collage short film Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers is screening in the competition program of Kinodot Festival in St. Petersburg on 20-21 May 2017.
The screening takes place on Saturday 27 May at 21.00. Venue: Rodina, Maliy Zal 2 (Karavannaya, 12)
BRANCHES at Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Germany ( )
May 11, 2017 - May 16, 2017The anaglyph 3-D short film Oksat (“Branches”) is premiering at Oberhausen Short Film Festival’s International Competition. The film screens on 12 and 13 May 2017 at cinema Lichtburg.
TECTONIC PLATE at Lukutila, Jyväskylä, Finland. ( )
April 29, 2017 - April 29, 2017The original Finnish version of the cameraless feature film Mannerlaatta (“Tectonic Plate”) is screening at Jyväskylä’s new literature event Lukutila on Saturday 29 April 2017 at 14:00h (Ilokiven teatteritila). Introduction and Q&A with Harry Salmenniemi and Mika Taanila.
BRANCHES at 63rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen ( )
May 11, 2017 - April 16, 2017Anaglyph 3-D collage film Oksat (“Branches”) is selected for the International Competition of Oberhausen Kurzfilmtage 11-16 May 2017.