Jan Ijäs 2016
Media artist and filmmaker Jan Ijäs (born 1975) lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Ijäs works with documentary, fiction and alternative film. The films of Ijäs deal with serious and difficult social themes, like migration into foreign and hostile societies. Ijäs's films have been shown very widely abroad by over a hundred film festivals (including Tribeca Film Festival 2014) and as installations in museums and galleries.
Films
- Time Capsule21'7"
Production: FI/ES 2016
Belgian artist Louis de Cordier has bought a piece of land located above the snow line in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain. De Cordier wants to build an underground library and a seed bank for genetically unmodified plants. The location at 2000 metres above sea level, minor temperature fluctuations and dry climate slow erosion down. The architecture of the buildings has been inspired by the design language of Buckminster Fuller, American architect and theoretician. An intriguing documentary with elements of experimental film.
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- Wreck9'50"
Production: FI/IT 2016
“Wreck” was made in 2014-2015 at a refugee boat graveyard on Lampedusa, an Italian island believed to be one of the most wonderful nuggets of the Mediterranean Sea and a symbol of European paradise. It is an uncanny story about a strange metamorphosis, where garbage becomes useful. A story about useless objects that unexpectedly gain value.
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