I on Ice (2022)

with Vappu Jalonen

single-channel video

Finnish, with English subtitles


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.

Voice-over, music: Mia Wennerstrand

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


Video stills from I on Ice

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