Vappu Jalonen

I on Ice

with Elis Hannikainen

Single-channel video, 2022

Duration: 00:05:41
Voice-over, music: Mia Wennerstrand

 

I on Ice narrates an early experience of figure skating and corporeality. It describes childhood, gendered sports, aggression, being queer and becoming sick, while drifting toward fantasies about oneself and the world.

The video work has been funded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK), and the Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP).