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LAB 2021-2022

MONO NO AWARE

Mono No Aware, “Everything in Existence is Temporary”, is a free-movement, volumetrically filmed VR documentary, which brings the people who once lived in the towns desolated by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster back home for a fleeting moment.
The VR documentary is about the memories we can take with us and those we have to leave behind, connection to the land and the soil and of the loss of home. In the film the viewer can visit the towns and houses inside the Exclusion Zone and can walk freely inside this 3D-scanned world using their VR-headset. The viewer will be guided by the former residents, who walk alongside them, inviting them into their old abandoned homes and sharing their intimate memories.

THE TEAM

Timo Wright, Director
Biography

Timo Wright is a media artist and documentary filmmaker based in Helsinki, Finland. He has participated in domestic and international exhibitions since the mid 2000s including Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki Design Museum, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Kunsthalle Helsinki and Helsinki Art Museum Kluuvi Gallery, as well as festivals such as IDFA, Slamdance, Nordisk Panorama, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Japan Media Arts Festival. His films have been shown at over 80 festivals and exhibitions worldwide. Wright is currently working on “open world” Virtual Reality films.

Ada Johnsson, Producer
Biography

Ada Johnsson is a producer and director experienced in Finnish and international film productions, as well as international film festivals. Johnsson has worked in international feature films, documentary series and VR film productions for a variety of production companies, including Aamu Film Company, Wright & Co, YLE (National TV), MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome and ELO Aalto University. Credits include films selected to international film festivals such as the Berlin Film Festival, Norwegian Film Festival and Helsinki International Film Festival. Internationally she has worked with Iranian, Japanese and Dutch film companies.