Ridestar
Hannaleena Heiska
Ridestar begins with a picture that is reminiscent of a wild and empty landscape. The camera scans in detail over the body of a horse. To the soundtrack of Beniamino Gigli singing the aria »Ah! Non mi ridestar! « from Jules Massenet’s opera »Werther«, Hannaleena Heiska develops an almost painterly film about grand emotion and unrequited love.
Hannaleena Heiska
Born 1973 in Finland, Hannaleena Heiska took an MA at the Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts. She now lives in Helsinki and her work revolves round film, painting and installation. Her latest works have been shown at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Vilnius, Lithuania, at the Anderson Art Museum in Helsinki and at the Fifth Momentum Biennale in Moss, Norway. In 2011, she was nominated for the Ars Fennica Award conferred each year on an artist for an outstanding achievement in the field of visual art.
Films by Hannaleena Heiska
Altered States 2010
