The 1998 short film Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow is screening at New York City’s Architecture & Design Film Festival twice, on October 17th-18th, 2015. The festival runs between October 13th-18th at the Bow Tie Chelsea Cinemas with a list of 15 film programs.
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THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC in The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Muzak at Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, The Netherlands ( )
September 12, 2015 - November 8, 2015The short film Thank You for The Music – A Film about Muzak is running looped as part of a group show dedicated to muzak in Haarlem, The Netherlands. The venue is Nieuwe Vide and the exhibition runs from September 12 to November 8, 2015.
ROBOCUP99 in Notes from Technotopia group show in Bradford, UK ( )
October 16, 2015 - December 10, 2015RoboCup99 is part of a group exhibition called Notes from Technotopia at Bradford University’s Gallery II in the UK. The show is curated by Andy Abbott and runs from October 16 to December 10, 2015.
RETURN OF THE ATOM premiering at Toronto International Film Festival ( )
September 10, 2015 - September 20, 2015Return of the Atom, feature documentary by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola has its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (“TIFF Docs”).
Screening times and venues are as follows:
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Press & Industry 1 |
09/10/15 |
7:45PM |
Scotiabank 11 |
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Public 1 |
09/11/15 |
6:30PM |
Scotiabank 4 |
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Public 2 |
09/12/15 |
11:30AM |
Jackman Hall |
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Press & Industry 2 |
09/15/15 |
2:15PM |
Scotiabank 8 |
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Public 3 |
09/18/15 |
6:15PM |
Scotiabank 14 |
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STIMULUS PROGRESSION 10 INCH EP (2015)
January 1, 1970Stimulus Progression is a 10 inch vinyl EP by Mika Taanila, released on Apparent-Extent label in Cologne, in collaboration with Badischer Kunstverein. The record consists of eleven field-recordings of contemporary muzak in various public spaces around Helsinki. Comes with a 16-page booklet with Erkki Huhtamo’s essay. Sleeve notes by Joseph Lanza.
listen to Narrow Segment Codec
The record is available in Helsinki at Digelius record store and Kiasma Museum Shop. International distribution by A-musik, Cologne.
Ars Fennica Award exhibition “Blackout” at Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland ( )
October 30, 2015 - March 6, 2016This year’s Ars Fennica Award was presented to the artist Mika Taanila at a ceremony at Amos Anderson Art Museum on 21.5.2015. The winner was chosen by the independent British curator and museum director in The Netherlands, Charles Esche.
This was the 22nd time the Ars Fennica has been presented. The Award is worth 40,000 euros. An exhibition of works by Mika Taanila will be shown at Hämeenlinna Art Museum 30.10.2015-6.3.2016.
Helsingin Sanomat article 21 May, 2015
Helsingin Sanomat article 22 May, 2015
MY SILENCE at Balzer Projects in Basel, Switzerland ( )
May 28, 2015 - May 31, 2015A single-channel video installation and a new text-based piece, both titled My Silence, are on show at balzer projects in Basel 27-31 May, 2015. The show is a collaboration between the gallery and Bildrausch Filmfest Basel.
Six shorts films screening at I Boreali Festival, Milan, Italy ( )
June 4, 2015 - June 4, 2015Six short films by Mika Taanila will be screened with a Q&A session at Spazio Oberdan | Cineteca Milano (Viale Vittorio Veneto 2, Milano) on the 4th of June 2015 at 21:15h as part of I Boreali – Nordic Festival a Milano. The films presented are: Futuro – A New Stance For Tomorrow (1998), RoboCup99 (2000), Six Day Run (2013), A Physical Ring (2002), The Future Is Not What It Used To Be (2002), Optical Sound (2005), curated by Lorenza Pignatti. In the afternoon there will be a masterclass by Mika Taanila at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano (via Carlo Darwin 20, Milano).
link to program notes by Lorenza Pignatti
trailer ufficiale da RoboCup99
Retropspective film programs at Bildrausch Filmfest Basel, Switzerland ( )
May 27, 2015 - May 31, 2015The fifth edition of Basel’s Bildrausch Filmfest will show an overview of Mika Taanila’s moving image projects on 27–31 May, 2015. The festival hosts three different short film programs with Mika’s works at Stadtkino Basel, The Double by Anton Nikkilä & Mika Taanila also at Stadkino, live show SSEENNSSEESS with Circle at Reithalle Kaserne, accompanied by an artist talk, DJ set and an display of artefacts from the artist’s various music projects. Additionally, the video installation My Silence in on show at Balzer Projects, together with brand-new text-based work of the same title.
read program introduction (in German)
Bildrausch catalogue texts pdf
