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Prelude Op. 28 No.2 film image, director Jenni Toikka

Prelude Op. 28 No.2

Preludi Op. 28 nro 2

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.

Director
Cast

Haarla Seidi, Meri Nenonen

Credits
Country of Origin

Finland

Year

2022

Language

No Dialogue

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9 min

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Credits

Producer

Jenni Toikka

Screenwriter

Jenni Toikka

Cinematography

Ville Piippo

Editor

Sampo Siren

Director

Jenni Toikka headshot, Prelude Op. 28 No.2 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.