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ARCHIVE

12th(2010)



Power

Salla TYKKÄ

  • Finland
  • 1999
  • 4min
  • Beta
  • black and white
  • Experiment

SYNOPSIS

Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 2008
 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010

 


 Synopsis
 Two persons are boxing; a young woman without a shirt and a big man. The black and white image and the timeless space make the atmosphere dream like though the hard action and sounds refer to real life and pain. Power is a statement against the power relations in our society but it can be seen as a symbolic battle for life and surviving through it.


 

Program Note
 Two people are boxing: a young woman with no top and a big man. Although manipulated time and minimal space makes aggressive action more distinguished and sound more realistic, it creates an atmosphere of surrealism. The evenly matched fight between the woman and the man looks natural, even though the bigger man would have been dominant in the real world of physics. It is the transformed time of cinematic machine that allows her to reverse the relativity of physical power. Her being topless and throwing punches in slow time is dynamic and powerful even in slow motion. Isn¡¯t this the kind of body that all women dream of having? (CHO Hye-young)

PROGRAM NOTE

Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai 2008
 International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010

 


 Synopsis
 Two persons are boxing; a young woman without a shirt and a big man. The black and white image and the timeless space make the atmosphere dream like though the hard action and sounds refer to real life and pain. Power is a statement against the power relations in our society but it can be seen as a symbolic battle for life and surviving through it.


 

Program Note
 Two people are boxing: a young woman with no top and a big man. Although manipulated time and minimal space makes aggressive action more distinguished and sound more realistic, it creates an atmosphere of surrealism. The evenly matched fight between the woman and the man looks natural, even though the bigger man would have been dominant in the real world of physics. It is the transformed time of cinematic machine that allows her to reverse the relativity of physical power. Her being topless and throwing punches in slow time is dynamic and powerful even in slow motion. Isn¡¯t this the kind of body that all women dream of having? (CHO Hye-young)

Director

  • Salla TYKKÄSalla TYKKÄ

    Salla Tykkä was born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2003. She has been working with photography, video and film since 1996. She has participated in numerous group shows in museums and public institutions. Salla Tykk䡯s films have been screened in numerous film festivals, such as the Tribeca Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and Locarno Film Festival. She directed ZOO (2006), Cave(Trilogy) (2003), Thriller (2001), Lasso (2000).

Credit

  • ProducerSalla TYKKÄ
  • Cast Salla TYKKÄ, Ilkka SARIOLA
  • Screenwriter Salla TYKKÄ
  • Cinematography Samuli SAASTAMOINEN
  • Editor Salla TYKKÄ
  • Music Bill CONTI