The single-channel video installation My Silence will be part of ПРАЗНИКНАБУКВИТЕ Buchstabenfest (“Letter Party”). The annual event takes place in a former Custom Houses directly at the border between Austria and Slovenia.
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THE MOST ELECTRIFIED TOWN IN FINLAND in 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan ( )
November 28, 2015 - May 8, 2016The three-channel video installation The Most Electrified Town in Finland is part of a group show from the collections of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan. The show is titled “Collection 2, History, Regrowth and Future” and consists of recently acquired works by Fumiaki Aono, Kazuo Kadonaga, Kazunori Fujii, Mika Taanila and Kenji Yanobe.
November 28, 2015 until May 8, 2015
FUTURO – A NEW STANCE FOR TOMORROW screening at Filmcasino in Vienna, Austria ( )
April 24, 2016 - April 24, 2016The film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (1998) is screening on 35 mm film print in Filmcasino Vienna’s afternoon matinée, accompanied by Microtopia (2013) by Jesper Wachtmeister. The event at Margaretenstrasse 78 starts at 13:00h.
XXXI Mänttä Art Festival, Finland ( )
June 12, 2016 - August 31, 2016This summer’s Mänttä Art Festival will present a selection of artworks by 30 artists and one artist group. The exhibition, curated by Anssi Kasitonni is titled Going Commando.
The 16mm film installation Ihminen ja tiede (“Man and Science”, 2011, 27 sec loop) by Mika Taanila is part of the exhibition. Additionally Mannerlaatta – the original Finnish version of Tectonic Plate (2016, 74 mins) – will screen on big screen as part of the opening program at Bio Säde on Sunday June 12 at 13:00h (free entrance).
TECTONIC PLATE screening at Tampere Biennale ( )
April 14, 2016 - April 14, 2016Tectonic Plate (“Mannerlaatta”) is screening at Tampere Biennale on Thursday April 14, 2016 (17:00h). The venue is Cinema Niagara (Kehräsaari).
Version in Finnish language.
Text by Harry Salmenniemi, English translation by Lola Rogers, original score by Mika Vainio, graphic design by Markus Pyörälä, sound design by Olli Huhtanen, produced by Jussi Eerola for Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy. [testifilmi #2]
74 minutes, DCP, 1:1,85, b&w
TECTONIC PLATE screening at Kiasma Theatre, Helsinki ( )
March 31, 2016 - April 2, 2016Tectonic Plate, a camera-less lettrist feature film by Mika Taanila is screening in Helsinki at Kiasma Theatre three times:
Thursday 31 Mar 7 pm (premiere of the Finnish version)
Friday 1 Apr 7 pm (Finnish version + Q&A)
Saturday 2 Apr 4 pm (English version)
Text by Harry Salmenniemi, English translation by Lola Rogers, original score by Mika Vainio, graphic design by Markus Pyörälä, sound design by Olli Huhtanen, produced by Jussi Eerola for Elokuvayhtiö Testifilmi Oy. [testifilmi #2]
74 minutes, DCP, 1:1,85, b&w
MY SILENCE at Moving Image Art Fair, New York ( )
March 3, 2016 - March 7, 2016balzer projects’ solo presentation of My Silence at Moving Image Art Fair in New York York City takes place on March 3-7, 2016.
RETURN OF THE ATOM in National Competition at Tampere Film Festival ( )
March 9, 2016 - March 13, 2016Return of the Atom (“Atomin paluu”) a feature doc by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola is screening at Tampere Film Festival as part of the National Competition. The screening takes place on Thursday March 10, 2016 at 14:00h in Cinema Plevna 2.
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FUTURO – A NEW STANCE FOR TOMORROW in Ambivalence of Dawn – Vom Prinzip der Verheissung at Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland ( )
March 19, 2016 - April 24, 2016The short film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow is part of the group exhibition titled Ambivalence of Dawn – Vom Prinzip der Verheissung at Kunstraum Riehen, Basel, Switzerland. Curator: Nicolas Kerksieck.