Jani Ruscica
B. 1978; Savonlinna, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki
Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 2007
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, 2002
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, 2010
Camden Arts Centre, London, 2009
Location 1, New York, 2007
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2006
NIFCA, Leirvik, Faroe Islands, 2003
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Jani Ruscica works primarily with film, photography and sculpture. In the film works, temporal layers and different periods reflect on the contemporary zeitgeist, creating new meaning relationships. Taking a collaborative approach to filmmaking, Ruscica has worked with scientists, theatre makers and street performers. The works often begin with the establishing of a particular situation or narrative starting point – which is then developed through a shared creative process. Ruscica is interested in how one defines one’s location, one’s placement in the world, and how this definition changes – continuously if necessary – according to personal, cultural or scientific factors. Fundamentally, the artist is concerned with portrayals of place and the different media used to create imagery and historical layers – exploring themes of architecture, cityscape, cultural/urban interaction, landscape, media, personal narrative and a study of time/space.
↓ CV below images
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Selected works:
Screen Test (for a living sculpture), 2012; (in collaboration with Sini Pelkki)
Scene Shifts in six movements, 2011; HD video, stereo sound, single channel projection; 13:00 loop
Scene Shifts in six movements, 2011; Installation view; Forum Box, Helsinki
Anyplacewhatever 1, 2011; C-print mounted on aluminum, 100 x 80 cm/framed; The photographic series, Anyplacewhatever, is a companion piece to the film, Scene Shifts in six movements, 2011.
Travelogue, 2010; B/W 16mm film transferred to HD, stereo sound, single channel projection and framed screenprint, 8:00 loop; Installation view, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin; photo © Davey Moore TBG&S
Travelogue, 2010 – film still
Travelogue, 2010; Screenprint, 79 x 109 cm/framed
Scenography (after the Futurists), 2010; Quilted green chroma key curtain, two c-stands, 261 x 191 cm; Futurist Enrico Prampolini’s stage set design from 1923 realized as a two-dimensional chroma key curtain.
Beginning an Ending, 2009; 16mm film transferred to digital beta and HD, stereo sound, 16 min. loop
Beginning an Ending, 2009 – film still
Today, 2009; Lambda print, 25 x 30 cm/framed (10 x 15 cm/photograph); The photographic series, Today, is a companion piece to the film, Beginning an Ending, 2009.
Evolutions, 2008; S16mm film transferred to digital beta and HD, stereo sound, 18:20 loop
Evolutions, 2008 – film still
Microcosms (Johannes), 2008; C-print mounted on dipond aluminum, 40 x 40 cm/framed (photograph 16 x 25 cm/photograph); The photographic series, Microcosms, is a companion piece to the film, Evolutions, 2008.
Batbox / Beatbox, 2007; Double channel projection (or single channel projection/flat screen), 5.1 surround sound, 16:00 loop; Installation view, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki photo © Pirje Mykkänen, Central Art Archives, Finland
Batbox / Beatbox, 2007; Double channel projection (or single channel projection or flat screen), 5.1 surround sound, 16:00 loop; Installation view, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki photo © Pirje Mykkänen, Central Art Archives, Finland
Variations on a theme (duet for greater horseshoe bat and beatboxer), 2007; Printed sheet music, music stand, two seats, performed.
Contrapuntal (Kiwano theme), 2005; DVcam transferred to digital beta, stereo sound, 6:00
Contrapuntal (Fluctuation theme), 2005; DVcam transferred to digital beta, stereo sound, 6:00
Contrapuntal (Sawdust theme), 2005; DVcam transferred to digital beta, stereo sound, 6:00
All images courtesy the artist; Hilary Crisp, London
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Texts
Solo exhibition, January 2012 ~ download
File Note 49 by Malin Ståhl, 2010 ~ download
On Pulling the Viewer by Maxine Kopsa, 2009 ~ download
About the Creation of Worlds by Kari Yli-Annala, 2009 ~ download
Visual and Narrational Encounters by Eija Aarnio, 2009 ~ download
Interview with Bastiaan Tichler, 2007 ~ download
Contrapuntal – Tales of Community by Paula Toppila, 2006 ~ download
The Uncertain Present by Luigi Fassi, 2006 ~ download
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JANI RUSCICA (B. 1978)
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Hilary Crisp, London
2011
Forum Box, Helsinki
2010
Parallel Acts, Otto Zoo Gallery, Milan
Travelogue, Camden Arts Centre, London
Parallel Acts, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
Parallel Acts, Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki
2009
Evolutions Reinier, van Ewijk Projects, Amsterdam
2008
Evolutions, Helsinki City Art Museum, Kluuvi Art Gallery
Tapis, coussins et video – Jani Ruscica, 36th international La Rochelle Film Festival, La Rochelle, France curated by Brent Klinkum
Short Profile – Jani Ruscica, 37th International Film Fesival, Rotterdam curated by Sacha Bronwasser
2007
Beatbox Alternate Take, Kunsthalle Studio, Helsinki
Five Variations on a Theme, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki
2006
Contrapuntal, VAE10, Visual Arts Gallery of the Cultural Center of Ricardo
Palma University, Lima, Perú (C)
2005
Swan Song, Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
2004
Medley, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Helsinki
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Selected Group Exhibitions
(C) denotes catalogue
2012
41st International Film Festival, Rotterdam
2011
Believe it or Not – New works from the Collection, curated by Jari Björklov and Satu Oksanen, Helsinki Art Museum
Found in Translation – Chapter L, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg, curated by Emmanuel Lambion
The Limits, Kitchener and Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, CAN, curated by Crystal Mowry
(Architecture in Words Only), Hilary Crisp, London
2010
International 10: S.Q.U.A.T. Liverpool, 6th Liverpool Biennial, curated by NLE Asher Remy Toledo
‘Highlights from the KunstFilmBiennale, KUNST-WERKE BERLIN, Institute for ContemporaryArt
The New Black ‘n’ White’ Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, curated by Laura Köönikkä
The Allegory of the Cave, Art Container, Tallin curated by Natasha Rees
Arrivals and Departures, Fondo Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona, IT. curated by Andrea Bruciati and Walter Gasperoni
Cosmogonia, Museo Cappelini, Bologna, IT. curated by Agenzia 04
2009
Life Forms, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, curated by Sara Arrhenius
Favoured Nations, 5th Momentum Biennial, Moss, Norway curated by Stina Høgkvist and Lina Dzuverovic
Coping with Contingency: Seven Methods, Art Moscow, Moscow
Variations on the Finiteness of Human Vision, Riga Art Space, Riga, curated by Marita Muukkonen
Ecology of Emotion, The 14th Mänttä Art festival, Mänttä, FI curated by Tuula Karjalainen
Tracking Traces…, 10th Exhibition of Works from the Collection, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Urban Research, PICTURA, Dordrecht, Netherlands, curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
Continuous Present, galleri Studio 44, Stockholm, curated by Emma Hammarén and Joel Hurlburt
2008
Tangential Documentaries, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki curated by Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Nguyen
Wenn Wissenschaft zur Kunst wird, Synart Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Five Variations on the Finitness of Human Vision, Cultural Center Belgrad, Artget Gallery, curated by Marita Muukkonen (C)
Continuum, Art Centre Retretti, Punkaharju, Finland curated by Anu Liivak and Maisa Tikkanen (C)
Like a Man, Agenzia04, Bologna, Italy, curated by Elisa del Prete
Maan Asema/La Position de la Terre, CRAC Alsace, Centre Rhenan d’Art Contemporain Altkirch, France curated by Sophie Kaplan (C)
Festart08, TR1, Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2007
Nine International Artists, Location 1, New York, USA, curated by Nathalie Angles
In Search of the Miraculous, 5th Triennial of Finnish Art, Kunsthalle, Helsinki curated by Luigi Fassi (C)
Offspring, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, Nehterlands curated by Maxine Kopsa (C)
City Borderlands, Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland
City Borderlands, Kaliningrad Art Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
2006
Omasta Takaa, Kuopio Art Museum, Kuopio, Finland
Suspended E-motions, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, curated by Laima Kreyvite (C)
City Borderlands, Fredriks Bastion, Copenhagen
The Metaphysics of Youth, Ex Cofa, Fuori Uso, Pescara, Italy curated by Luigi Fassi & Irina Zucca (C)
Young Artists 2006, Kunsthalle Helsinki (C)
2005
Small Heaven, Young Artists Biennale, Kunsthalle Helsinki, curated by Henna Paunu (C)
Polyfonia, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsinki, curated by Sini Pelkki and Jani Ruscica
Art Goes Kapakka, Via, Helsinki
Graduate Exhibition, Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki
Swan Song, Holden gallery, Manchester, UK, curated by Pavel Büchler and Ian Rawling
2003
Young Artists 2003, Kunsthalle Helsinki
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Awards
2010
AVEK-Award for important achievements in the field of audio-visual culture
2009
Arts Council of Finland, 3 year working grant
Main Award, KunstFilm Biennale, Cologne
Best Experimental Film, Magma Mostra di Cinema Breve, Acireale IT
2006
The Cartier Award, shortlist, Frieze Art Fair London
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Selected Screenings
2010
Screening IV / Film as the Stage, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
4th Cairo Video and Experimental Film Festival, Cairo
7th Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany
Nordic Delight, Institut Suedois, Paris curated by Sinziana Ravini
Rencontres Audiovisuelles, Lille, France curated by Dirk Deblauwe
15th Ourense Film Festival, Ourense, Spain
18th International Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal
Package Deals, Scandinavia House, New York, curated by Kelly Shindler
Package Deals, Film Forum, Seattle, curated by Kelly Shindler
41st International Tampere Short Film Festival, Tampere, FI
Kinos10 Shortfilm Festival, Lahti, FI
Future Shorts, Gloria Biograf, Copenhagen
2009
If You Ever Have the Blues, TATE Modern, London, curated by Marcel Schwierin
Kunstfilm Biennale, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Falstaff International Film festival, Stratford Upon-Avon, UK
Darklight Film Festival, Dublin
5th 25 FPS Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Exis, Exprerimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul
Magma, Mostra di Cinema Breve, Acireale, Italy
Shift-Time festival, Shrewsbury, UK
Arctic Hysteria on Screen, Ludwig Museum, Budapest
VIDEOEX festival, Zürich
Together, Alone, The Power Plant, Toronto curated by Nina Möntmann
55th International Oberhausen short film festival, Germany
Courtisane short film and media art festival, Ghent, Belgium
2008
Video Lounge, 28th Sao Paolo Biennial, Brazil, curated by Ivo Mesquita
Amerika, Werkleitz – Zentrum fuer Medienkunst, Centre for Media Art, Halle, Germany
Kasseler Dokumumentarfilm- & videofest, Kassel, Germany
Arctic Hysteria on screen, MoMA, New York, USA
Prospectif Cinema, Centre Pompidou, Paris, curated by Cristina Agostinelli
Unclassifiable, Darling Foundry Visual Arts Center, Montreal, Canada
New Nordic Voices, Nordisk Panorama, Malmö, Sweden
The Pathologies of the tourist experience, Pist /// Interdisciplinary Project Space, Istanbul, curated by Blanca de La Torre
8th International Bunker Film festival Ventimiglia, Italy
Unclassifiable, Ovegaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen curated by Jenny Yurshansky and Jacqueline Nguyen
23rd International shortfilm festival Hamburg, Germany
Lezioni di Paesaggio, Colonia Montana di Renesso, Savignone, Italy curated by Elvira Vannini
Cinema et Video d’Artistes, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris
Courtisane short film and media art festival, Ghent, Belgium
EMAF – European Media Art festival, Osnabtück, Germany
Stream of Electrons, Institute Finlandes, Paris
Nigh on Earth, Vorspiel gallery, Berlin
Kinos 08, Lahti, Finland
City Life, International Tampere Shortfilm festival, Tampere, FI & Oberhausen International Shortfilm festival, Germany
Urban Research 2, Directors Lounge, Berlin curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
Trunk – The Nordic Art Video Festival, Färgfabriken, Stockholm. Sundsvall Kulturmagasin, Sweden, Kramfors Cinema, Kramfors, SE
2007
Trunk – The Nordic Art Video Festival, Östersund, Sweden
Kettupäivät film festival, Andorra, Helsinki, Finland
FILMlandia, Laydown Gallery, Madrid curat. Marita Muukkonen
From the fringes of Finland, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Kingdom come, Images Festival, Workman theatre Toronto, Canada curat.
Alissa Frith-Eagland
Urban research, Directors Lounge, Berlinale, Berlin curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
View 07, Andorra, Helsinki
International Tampere short film festival, Plevna
2006
International Uppsala short film festival, Sweden
Swinging Siniging North, Paris Photo, Paris, France curated by Andrea Holzherr
Frieze Art Fair, London, UK curat. Marita Muukkonen and Marketta Seppälä
YLE TV1, Finnish National Television
Breaking the Ice, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
LOOP Festival, Barcelona, Spain
International Tampere shortfilm festival, Tampere, Finland
View 06, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2005
Kettupäivät, Andorra, Helsinki
Filmstuben 2, Berlin
2004
Art Centre Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg
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Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
State Art Collection, Finland
Helsinki Art Museum
Kuopio Art Museum
The Finnish-Institute, London
Finnish Art Association