5 March - 23 April 2005
This is the first one-person gallery survey in the UK of recent film-works by Finnish artist Mika Taanila. It includes the premiere of Taanila’s new film, Optical Sound, co-commissioned by SPACEX, LUX and Kinotar.
Mika Taanila studied cultural anthropology in Helsinki, video design in Lahti, and worked as a documentary filmmaker and director of music videos, as well as an artist. A common theme is a fascination with science fiction, and the futuristic ideas and utopias of the recent past. There is a focus upon the technological dreams of the previous generation.
This is the first one-person gallery survey in the UK of recent film-works by Finnish artist Mika Taanila. It includes the premiere of Taanila’s new film, Optical Sound, co-commissioned by SPACEX, LUX and Kinotar.
Mika Taanila studied cultural anthropology in Helsinki, video design in Lahti, and worked as a documentary filmmaker and director of music videos, as well as an artist. A common theme is a fascination with science fiction, and the futuristic ideas and utopias of the recent past. There is a focus upon the technological dreams of the previous generation.
