Media art

My Video works touch the idea of Gesamtkunstwerk, I don´t work with big productions. I make all elements of the video myself: Paintbrushes, clothes, masks. ect. Each element works also independently as artworks. I film usually alone with actress and edit videos myself. That way I can work with my idea and let it develop in time.”

Valoisa Luutarha 2023

Timo a. Aalto lights, Lotta-Pia Kallio video

Halikon kirkko on rakennettu 1400- luvun puolivälissä. Sakastin ulkoseinän videoteoksessa marssivat keskiaikaisista kirjankuvituksista löytyneet fantasiamaiset hybridiolennot. Pääoven seinustalla vanhat keskiaikaiset kirjansivut muuntuvat eläviksi. Ajoittain levollisen asetelman rikkoo yllättävä luurankojen esiinmarssi, joka muistuttaa katsojaa elämän katoavaisuudesta. Keskiajalla maalattujen kirkkojen seinämaalausten takana on ollut kristillistä ja pakanallista kansanperinnettä, ja ne ovat nykykatsojalle vaikeasti aukeavia. Lyhyen kukoistuskauden jälkeen maalaaminen hiipui. Tuli uskonpuhdistus ja luterilaisuus, karuuden ihanne pyyhkäisi katolilaisuuden merkit syrjään. Monessa kirkossa maalaukset maalattiin kalkilla peittoon, niin myös Halikon kirkossa.

Valoisa Luutarha was created as a commissioned work for the parish of Salo in November 2023. Together with Salo Pumpkin Week it reached as many as 15 000-20 000 visitors who came to enjoy video and light together with ancient ecclesiastical architecture and medieval music.

In the two videos marches a macabre style dance parade of animated fantasy hybrid creatures found in medieval book illustrations. From time to time, the peaceful setting is broken by a surprising march of skeletons, which reminds the viewer of the transience of life. The rest of the church is also illuminated. In a changing and synchronized light world, shapes and figures move along the walls as shadows with the help of mechanically moving equipment and the wind randomly. The shadows are formed according to the materials of the video footage, so that the whole remains intact.

The color scheme of the piece is kept together with a few selected colours. The artwork contains medieval type of music, filling the whole church area with a mystical feeling.

En Poudre (Visuaalinen sonaatti parille peruukille ja kahdelle kilolle vehnäjauhoja) 2022

Two characters, dressed in rococo costumes made from book pages and wigs made from sheep’s wool, powder themselves and each other. The behavior that seems restrained at the beginning accelerates and becomes more furious, but also comical as the video progresses. At the end, characters in the video are all covered in wheat flour powder. In this video one can see references to an appearance pressure and competition, both in Rococo in the abundant use of powder at the expense of one’s own health, and to modern selfie culture and editing one’s appearance. Beneath the seemingly comical action, there are also more serious undertones. Duration: 04:45min.

Stillkuva:Päivi Kankare

https://lottapiakallio.fi/portfolio/en-poudre-visuaalinen-sonaatti-parille-peruukille-ja-kahdelle-kilolle-vehnajauhoja-2022/

Linnea 2018

Animation made from pictures of old school herbariums of Nordic Flora to honor the diversity of nothern nature. Constantly moving symmetrical formation remains also gothic rose windows.

https://lottapiakallio.wordpress.com/portfolio/linnea/