Erkki Kurenniemi b. 1941
Fora & Fauna (1965)
Flora & Fauna embraces the dark charms of nature. Rich, colourful close-ups of flowers, leaves, ants, spiders, and inchworms blend into the silent mystique of water and woods. Kurenniemi’s original 16 mm film were all silent, but in 2003 Mika Taanila and Kurenniemi added for this version the recorded composition Death, 2nd Version (1973).
An incorrigible techno buff, Kurenniemi would occasionally also get ‘good vibes’ from nature mysticism. In the fantastically colourful Flora & Fauna, close-ups of inchworms and spiders merge in double and triple exposures with shimmering water and darkness of a dense conifer forest.
Originally, Erkki Kurenniemi made this experimental film without sound but much later he added his own electronic music to it.