ZOO

Zoo

Finlandia. 2006. Color. 13 min. Ficción. .
  • Film Director: Salla Tykkä.
A woman is taking pictures of cages in a zoo. The animals from within stare back at the woman and follow her with their eyes. The viewer and the object change places. The woman plunges into deep water, where a game of violent underwater rugby is on. She surfaces to breathe, but the stares of the animals and the camera´s view block her escape route. In desperation she makes an extreme decision.

Salla Tykkä
Salla Tykkä was born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2003. She has been working with photography, video and film since 1996, and she had her first solo show in 1997. She has participated in numerous group shows in museums and public institutions and her films have been shown at various international film festivals.