
North American Premiere
Two distinct interpretations of Chopin’s notable repertory prelude, immortalized in Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn Sonata, now receive an updated treatment, with a shifting focal gaze and staging that implicates the performer as the listener and listener as the performer.
Haarla Seidi, Meri Nenonen
Finland
2022
No Dialogue
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MODES 2
Looking closer at archival images and stories from the past, these artists re-examine and re-create to establish history anew. A daring mix of approaches that excavate new ways of seeing old perspectives.
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Credits
Producer
Jenni Toikka
Screenwriter
Jenni Toikka
Cinematography
Ville Piippo
Editor
Sampo Siren
Director

Jenni Toikka
Jenni Toikka is a Helsinki-based visual artist working predominantly with moving images. Toikka graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki and has had several solo exhibitions in Helsinki including at Sinne, Forum Box, and Kluuvi Gallery. In autumn 2019, her work was shown in the solo exhibition Reel at HAM – Helsinki Art Museum. Her work is represented in the collections of the Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA – Espoo Modern Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.