Media artist, director, researcher, executive producer

Ms. Hakola was born in 1960, in Isokyrö, Finland, she lives and works in Porvoo, Finland

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

 

Marikki Hakola is a pioneering artist of the Finnish media art. Ms. Hakola's videos are the very first internationally celebrated and awarded Finnish media art works. Hakola studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 1980-84. She started working with video and performance in 1982, and from the year 1984 on she has been involved in audiovisual and multimedia projects, independent productions, experimental television productions and education. Hakola´s works include video tapes, installations, multimedia, performances, collaborative audiovisual projects and Internet-projects. Her works have attended art museums, festivals, collections and exhibitions all over the world. Her video works have also been broadcast in Finland, Austria, Holland, Hungary, Spain, Germany and Great Britain.

 

Hakola is working at this moment as a media artist, director and researcher in Magnusborg Studios, Finland. She is doing a research aiming at the doctorat thesis. Ms Hakola´s research topic is "Hypermontage - a Montage of the Moving Image in Multimedia". In 1993 Hakola founded together with Milla Moilanen and Raimo Uunila, the production company Kroma Productions Ltd. Kroma is one of the main companies producing media art in the Scandinavia. Hakola is an executive producer of the film and media art production Company Krom Productions Ltd.

 

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS & COMING IN NEAR FUTURE 1998

 

Triad, a telepresence performance and web site in Internet, premiere in June 5th, 1998

Storm, a dance video, choreography Sanna Kekäläinen, premiere in July, 1998
Skin, an experimental film, music Magnus Lindberg, premiere September, 1998

Space Fresco, a multimedia installation, premiere in November, 1998.

SELECTED, WORKS, IMPORTANT PROJECTS 1982-97

Neonomads, experimental video, 1997, commisioned work by Nokia (3´30´´)

Mediascape - a journey to a media landscape, documentary, 1996, (52´)

Four-a-Clock Rush, 1995, Arto Tamminen´s music video (5´45´´)

Mister Moon, 1994, Susanna Haavisto´s music video (6´11´´)

Helsinki Mediascape, 1994, 90 minutes experimental live broadcasting show.

TransVersum, 1993, dancevideo, videotape (20´) choreography Ismo-Pekka Heikinheimo

Milena - Distanz, 1992 installation for a 16 monitor video wall, 1994 videotape (24´11´´)

Ferris Wheel, 1991, a multi channel videosculpture (loop)

Forrester, 1991, videotape (9´18´´)

Pinus, 1990, video installation for 3 tapes and 6 monitors (loop 8´20´´)

Telephone, 1990, videotape, dance video (8´55´´)

Lucy and a Link Tower, 1990, experimental television project (6´30´´)

Le Vin Herbé, 1989, audiovisual setting for F.Martin´s oratory with Raimo Uunila.

Stilleben - Milena´s Journey, 1989, videotape (5´30´´) Music by Kaija Saariaho

The Extasy of St. Theresa, 1988, a light and sound installation with Minna Tarkka.

Gyrus, 1989, videotape (14 min.)

Cricket, 1988, videotape, dance video (7 min.)

Silicon Head (Piipää), 1987, a large multimedia performance with 40 arists (60´)

Pre, 1984, an installation piece with 10 monitors and 6 videotapes (20min.)

The Time is Right for..., 1984, an installation with videotape (3´40´´ loop)

Deadline 1983 & Earth Contacts 1982, videotapes by Turppi-group (20´, 30´)