Mika Taanila is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Helsinki. His films have been screened at several international film festivals such as TIFF Toronto, IFFR Rotterdam, Berlinale, CPH:DOX, Clermont-Ferrand, Karlovy-Vary, Midnight Sun Film Festival, IDFA Amsterdam and Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Taanila’s moving image installations have been shown at major international group shows, such as Venice Biennale (2017), Aichi Triennale (2013), Documenta (2012), Shanghai Biennale (2006) and Berlin Biennale (2004). Solo shows include Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, Bologna (2020), STUK, Leuven (2018), Kiasma, Helsinki (2013–14), CAM, St. Louis (2013), Badischer Kunstverein (2008) and Migrosmuseum, Zurich (2005). In 2015 Taanila was awarded The Ars Fennica prize.
Return of the Atom
Tectonic Plate
Sad Song of the Hard-Edge Transition Wipe Markers
60 Segundos de Solidão no Ano Zero
The World
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
Optical Sound
A Physical Ring
Flame
Bad Vugum – From B To V
The Zone of Total Eclipse
Branches
Realms
Delay of GameSommerreise
RoboCup99
Futuro – A New Stance for TomorrowMan and Science
Spindrift
A City Symphony
