Matkalla (On The Journey) dance short
Matkalla [On The Journey] is the first in the Mothers|Lands Series by dance filmmaker Scotty Hardwig, co-created and performed by Andrea Olsen and Eeva-Maria Mutka, June 2022. Shot on location in the Tornio Valley region of Lapland in northern Finland and Sweden, the film follows a suitcase, a basket, and two women on a midsummer's journey from the sea to the river, dancing their way across the landscapes of the arctic circle along the axis of time and myth.
Matkalla has had numerous screenings and it has won multiple awards and honourable mentions around the world - please see full list below.
Watch Trailer on http://anatomyzero.com/matkalla/
Still Photographs below by Scotty Hardwig
Screenings in the UK: Moving Between Worlds: talk & film screening - Andrea Olsen, Caryn McHose & Eeva-Maria Mutka
Hosted by Independent Dance, Siobhan Davies Studios, London, June 16th 2023 7-8.30pm, tickets £5
Moving-Making-Filming -Screening & Conversation of all three Mothers|Lands films at HOURS Space gallery, Bristol, BS1, June 22nd '23, free
http://www.hours-space.com/2023/06/01/motherslands-moving-making-filming/
The Mothers|Lands Series is a collection of dance-for-camera works that document movement artists relating to the non-human world and cultural imaginations of their native landscapes, where both human and land are treated as subjects that speak as equals. Through an improvised hybridity of cinematic and embodied art, these works explore the felt expression of nativity, homeland, and language at the crossroads of ecology, geology and culture.
Scotty Hardwig
Matkalla (On The Journey) Credits and Awards
a film by: Scotty Hardwig
co-created and performed by: Andrea Olsen and Eeva-Maria Mutka
geographer and b-cam: Michael Ryba
vocal improvisations by: Eeva-Maria Mutka
music: Scotty Hardwig: “Birch Bark Disco” ; Monplaisir: “Leaving Sky Valley,” “Il y a un bout de ciel bleu,” “La danse des petits animaux mignons,” “Vie et mort du fantôme de la machine,” “Stonehead” ; “IV. Bydlo Sempre moderato pesante” by Modest Mussorgsky, performed by Skidmore College Orchestra ; “Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E Flat Minor, BWV 853, Prelude” by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Carlos Gardels ; “Cantate Domino” by Claudio Monteverdi, performed by Anonymous Choir
written by: Scotty Hardwig, sourced from improvisations with the performers and research from the interactive stone age exhibit at the Finnish National Museum, Helsinki
translations by: Eeva-Maria Mutka
WITH SUPPORT FROM:
THE CITY OF TORNIO CULTURAL OFFICE
THE VIIPPOLA INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RESIDENCY
THE MUSEUM OF TORNIO VALLEY
TITTA COURT
MERJA STENBERG
THE MUTKA FAMILY
THE CENTER FOR EUROPEAN UNION, TRANSATLANTIC, AND
TRANS-EUROPEAN SPACE STUDIES AT VIRGINIA TECH
THE INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT (ISCE) AT VIRGINIA TECH
AWARDS /FESTIVAL SCREENINGS for Matkalla 2022-23:
Nominee in 'Best Experimental' category:
Cannes World Film Festival - Remember The Future 2023
Best Dance Film (Short):
Brussels Capital Film Festival, Feb 2023
Swedish International Film Festival, Jan 2023
Alternative Film Festival/Toronto, Canada (ALTFF), 2022
Athens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF, Athens, Greece), 2022
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival, Germany, 2022
Honorable Mentions:
Silk Road Film Award Cannes: Best Dance Film category
Tokyo International Monthly Film Festival: BEST MUSIC/DANCE/ART FILM category
Screenings at Festivals:
Dance Camera West 2020: Los Angeles, CA
Unitaly International Film Festival: Salerno, Italy
Festival Video[An]Danza Internacional: Puerto Rico
Oaxaca Film Festival: Oaxaca, MX
Dreamer of Dreams Festival (London) - Nomination for Best Art, Music, Poetry Short
ARTS x SDGS Festival // (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Performers: Eeva-Maria Mutka & Andrea Olsen
Performers: Eeva-Maria Mutka & Andrea Olsen
Performers: Eeva-Maria Mutka & Andrea Olsen
Performers: Eeva-Maria Mutka & Andrea Olsen