Residency artists and researchers Cinema Maarit Suomi-Väänänen Master of Arts Maarit Suomi-Väänänen works as a media artist and a film director. Her work also includes photography and installations. Praised as fascinating, absurd and open to a multitude of interpretations, Suomi-Väänänen’s awarded works have appeared in exhibitions, at festivals and on television in thirty-five countries. Making movies began at Turku Arts Academy. At the Saari Residence, Suomi-Väänänen will be working on movies in different stages of production. Suomi-Väänänen is currently working on an experimental comedy about the animal in us. In the final part of the trilogy, Suomi-Väänänen inspects the inner space of people by means of cinematic special effects, which include explosions, smoke, stunt driving, fake snow and fake blood. The first parts to the trilogy are Jalkeilla Taas (2009) and Pöheikön Hönkä (2012). The mundane has somehow been dislocated in the film trilogy by Suomi-Väänänen. At the Saari Residence, Suomi-Väänänen will also be editing a series entitledMinispektaakkelit: “minispectacles” are minute-long works, cinematic haikus. WWW.MAARITSUOMI.FI/