Erkki Kurenniemi Movies

  • 2002
    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be

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    A documentary film about Erkki Kurenniemi (b. 1941), whose career represents a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers, robotics,...

    The Future Is Not What It Used to Be
  • 1964
    Electronics in the World of Tomorrow

    Electronics in the World of Tomorrow

    Electronics in the World of Tomorrow

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    Erkki Kurenniemi was arguably one of the first artists to propose or fantasise about a complete cultural surrender to cyber existence, and his entire...

    Electronics in the World of Tomorrow
  • 1965
    The Jump

    The Jump

    The Jump

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    An experimental short film from Finnish director Eino Ruutsalo.

    The Jump
  • 2006
    Sommerreise

    Sommerreise

    Sommerreise

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    Sommerreise
  • 1968
    Computers Serve

    Computers Serve

    Computers Serve

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    The futuristic aesthetics of Computers Serve offers an illustrative account of the history of computers, their prospects and the risks within, as...

    Computers Serve
  • 1970
    Florence

    Florence

    Florence

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    One of several experimental films shot in the late '60s and early '70s by the recently deceased computer music pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi, Florence is...

    Florence
  • 1971
    Carnaby Street

    Carnaby Street

    Carnaby Street

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    A spontaneous street movie, a record of ‘swinging London’ where Erkki Kurenniemi had travelled to assess the commercial potential of his...

    Carnaby Street
  • 1964
    The Punched Tape of Life

    The Punched Tape of Life

    The Punched Tape of Life

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    Shot at the Department of Nuclear Physics at the University of Helsinki, the images of The Punched Tape of Life illustrate the beauty of 1960s...

    The Punched Tape of Life
  • 1966
    Computer Music

    Computer Music

    Computer Music

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    The film stars two computers: Elliott 803 (in the Department of Nuclear Physics, the University of Helsinki) and IBM 1130 (in the computer centre at...

    Computer Music
  • 2013
    Spindrift

    Spindrift

    Spindrift

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    In 1965, Swedish composer/musician Jan Bark proposed an experiment for a new kind of 'music for black-and-white TV'. Bark's friend Erkki Kurenniemi...

    Spindrift
  • 1965
    Flora & Fauna

    Flora & Fauna

    Flora & Fauna

    01965HD

    Flora & Fauna embraces the dark charms of nature. Rich, colourful close-ups of flowers, leaves, ants, spiders, and inchworms blend into the silent...

    Flora & Fauna
  • 1969
    Christmas mystery

    Christmas mystery

    Christmas mystery

    01969HD

    Christmas mystery

    Christmas mystery