Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Eija-Liisa Ahtila (b. 1959) is internationally Finland’s most renowned contemporary artist. She is known as a pioneer of video art, focusing on works that move in the border line between film and video art. She has uniquely understood the possibilities of moving images as an artistic medium. At the same time, she has continuously produced installations, drawings, photographs, and spatial art.

Ahtila’s works have been exhibited in internationally significant museums such as MoMA in New York, Tate Modern in London, Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and Jeu de Paume in Paris. Her works have also been displayed at major contemporary art festivals, including the Venice, Sydney, and São Paulo Biennales and Documenta in Kassel.

For Serlachius, she has previously created the commissions “Studies on the Ecology of Drama” (2014) and “Potentiality of Love” (2018). These works have later been exhibited around the world.

Eija-Liisa Ahtila has received numerous recognitions for her work as an artist. In 2009, she was named an academician of art at the age of just 49. She has been awarded, among others, as Commander, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland in 2020, the Pro Finlandia Medal in 2005, the Artes Mundi Prize in 2006 and Vincent Van Gogh Award for Contemporary Art in Europe in 2000, and Honorary Mention, 48th Venice Biennale, Italy in 1999. 

She has also received several film awards, and has been a Golden Lion jyry member at Venice International Film Festival in 2011. She has also received The Honorary Doctorate of Media Arts  from Ionian University, Greece in 2019, and from Aalto University of Applied Arts, Finland in 2018.

Written and directed by Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Produced by Ilppo Pohjola
Cast:          
Eetu Ahtila, Nora Dadu, Sue Lemström, Mitra Matouf
Voice over: Laura Birn, Marika Parkkomäki, Aije Zhou

Key crew

• Cinematography: Antti Ruusuvuori, Pekka Uotila

• Editing: Heikki Kotsalo

• Production design: Tiina Paavilainen

• Costume design: Johanna Vainio

• Sound design: Olli Pärnänen

• Colorist: Pentti Keskimäki

• Image post production: Jari Hakala
  

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