The video works were produced during the Moving Image study module in Spring 2024. The study module is part of the Fine Art Lab study path´s curriculum of the Degree Programme in Media and Arts. TAMK – Tampere University of Applied Sciences is a full member of the Tampere Universities community in Finland. In our art studies, the emphasis is put on contemporary art and emerging technologies. The authors of these video works are fine art first-year-, and exchange students. The aim was to explore the practice of moving image within a contemporary fine art context by creating a short video work.

Fanny Niemi-Junkola, MFA
Senior Lecturer
Fine Art Lab study path, Degree Programme in Media and Arts

Equilibrium, Minna Saalasti & Sayef Reza (3:46)
Fever Dream, Erica Haukka, Marta Moita, Nicole Gülch, Snowdrop Belmont, (5:45)
In an attempt to avoid change, two girls enter a bizarre dream-like reality where they are subjected to the inevitable scenario of the world changing around them.

VOGUE Finland episode 1, Tran Bao Ngoc, Margo Villies, Leonid Simanov, (04:49)
A local celebrity Leonid introduces himself and unveils the contents of his bag

Breaking Rhythm, Benjamin Anderson and Rama Hannula (3:09)
In “Breaking Rhythm”, a man living in a city feels trapped in a monotonous routine of coffee, walking to work and mundane work tasks. As the days blur together, he becomes increasingly unable to keep up with the repetitive rhythm of his life, filled with dissatisfaction and restlessness. This culminates in a point where he is no longer able to keep up with the rhythm of his daily life and it leaves him behind.

beginning to the ending, ending to the beginning, Ida Maijala and Julia Porra (1:19)
We follow a person going through an anxiety attack and sensory overload. experiencing everything at once. The film shows the internal and external. The overwhelming world outside and the surreal and psychedelic nightmare inside the mind. Combining imaginary surreal elements with more documentary seconds of daily life. We see the person in distress and their thoughts escaping into another world.

Sentience, Aletta Perl, Erica Haukka, Marta Moita, Nicole Gülch, (5:31)
“All life is connected” is a common saying. But what if nature is more intertwined to ourselves than we realise? Perhaps everything has a soul? Exploring what lies beyond the instrumental value of our surroundings, dive into the world from the perspective of sentient flora.

HLAOTVE, Sooyeon Hwang (3:28)
To all people suffering from self-hatred. See yourself a little bit far from yourself. The disgusting part is just a tiny part of yourself, and you don’t have to look closely just to focus on that.