Elena Näsänen

Finland, b. 1968. Helsinki.

Studied at Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki and Slade School of Fine Art in University Collage of London.

First sound artwork: Ice scream 1992, video.

“The narration of my films is related to feature films but there is always something strange and unfamil-iar. Something is not right. There is a moment of someone’s life in one or two sequences. The woman who drives a car in icy roads, or the violent action at home where the characters are outside the frame and we can only hear the sound of their movements. What happens before or after this moment is framed out.

For me the soundtrack of the film is often more important than the images. Sound affects directly the emotions. It not only enhances action and mood, but it creates narrative.”

Elena Näsänen is a visual artist working with moving image, installations, video art and short films. In her films Näsänen studies how the moving image combined with a constructed, fictional, soundscape creates stories. Her works have been shown at screenings and as installations in galleries and museums in Finland and abroad. Her films have taken part in several international festivals.

elena.nasanen@muu.fi