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Maeve Connolly is a confirmed speaker at the Symposium, ‘Considering the work of Eija-Liisa Ahtila’
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Parasol unit is delighted to present a major solo exhibition by the renowned Finnish film and video artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila. It will include three important moving image installations never before seen in England. There will also be a symposium ‘Considering the work of Eija-Liisa Ahtila’ in which Maeve Connolly, author of The Place of Artists' Cinema will be taking part. Connolly discuses Ahtila's work in her book.
26 February- 25 April 2010 Ahtila is best known for works that concentrates on narratives in human life together with the relationships and primal emotions that underlie them. She describes her films as ‘human dramas’ because they play on the central themes of our existence, such as love, death, sexuality, the difficulty of communication, and individual identity – both its formation and disintegration. Her fictional stories emerge from interviews and extensive research, her own observation and memory. As Ahtila’s films are often shown on multiple screens or within complex installations, her stories unfold simultaneously within time and space, thereby creating a multi-layered experience that engages the viewer both physically and emotionally. Her masterfully crafted narratives, strikingportrayal of characters and highly individual mode of expression have captured public interest and won much critical acclaim.
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