director Dorian de Rijk cinematography Christiaan van Leeuwen, Dorian de Rijk sound composer, production sound mixer Coen Berrier editor Jordi Beukers, Inez Pooringa, Sabine Maas graphic design Julio Reyes Montesino special thanks to Sandor Klijn

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A woman in a Moscow apartment. A day and a night, stretched out into eternity on the screens of the multi-channel installation. The simplicity of the woman’s endless actions and motions, combined with her nakedness, reveal her vulnerability towards society. The loop symbolises the emptiness of her existence, the futility of life. It’s the fate of those who, lacking the strength to negotiate the challenges of daily life are captured by monotony. The fisheye effect expresses her false projections and transposes this discomfort onto the viewer.  

The installation is founded on the simple idea of a very direct scale based switch, but in its simplicity it encapsulates some of the core elements of Mikko’s research. Wanderers is a monument which main purpose it is to remind us about the significance of the things that have a huge impact on our lives even though we don’t normally notice them or pay attention to them.

Presenting a film plan is often done merely through a synopsis, a few lines of text to communicate what might become an entire film. This installation is an attempt to enrich the traditional synopsis format to appeal to all the senses used by a film audience. Entering a dimly lit space, visitors experience different facets of 4 films plans including gestures, objects, smell, colour, image and sounds. The set-up shows a different approach to presenting film ideas, practically applied to the four sample projects. When leaving the space, visitors are asked to share what they liked best about the films-to-be.

performers Jessica de Bot, Patrick Atsma, Sara Alba narrative advice (16 film projects) Luuk van Huet external coach Ruben Bloemgarten

The profanation of the traditional form of a proposal for advanced studies and research, aims to bring the fundamental elements of such a form into a public space. Those elements (abstract, question/hypothesis, methodology,literature review, positioning) have a different relevance and weight according to the field of research. Questioning this hierarchy, I brought into a spatial dimension the most essential and relevant elements to the scope of my studies. The spatialised proposal thus is an expression of my methodology, intended as the set of critically reviewed methods used in conducting preliminary and introductory research: a visual abstract (video, 3’), an article (Goodbye Sacred), a radio play (The story of the young rich man, 2 channel video installation, 11’), a literature review (presenting a physical library), and preliminary research (learning / interviews, multi-channel reportage, 9’).

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