Videos
Documentary: Constructing a Forest
How was artist Antti Laitinen's installation Chiming Forest created?
Emilia Tanner: Beneath the Surface of Paper
Artist Emilia Tanner tells about her practice and the artwork displayed in the Dialogues exhibition.
Priss Niinikoski: the interaction of body, space, and sound as the starting point of the work
A performance documentation of Priss Niinikoski's work Sonic Mediations.
Ultima Thule: Rhythm Carved into Plywood
A video of one of the most seminal works by artist Tapio Wirkkala.
Like a Dream – Rut Bryk’s Printed Fabrics
The short documentary follows the reproduction of a lost printed fabric by Rut Bryk. Known mainly for her ceramics, the film highlights Bryk’s lesser-known work as a fabric designer.
Molten Glass, Fired Clay – documentation of artist Renata Schirm working
Artist Renata Schirm creating her commission piece Myriad (the Stars I Cannot See). Combining Czech glass tubes and a slow, hand-knotted technique, the video offers a close look at her experimental and process-driven approach to glass.
Sinikka Kurkinen: A Colour Painter in the Grand Style
Artist Sinikka Kurkinen tells about her practice and the artwork displayed in the Dialogues exhibition.
Aura Saarikoski: Autobiographical Elements in Photography
Artist Aura Saarikoski tells about her practice and the artwork displayed in the Dialogues exhibition.
Video portrait: Tschabalala Self
Experiments in Concretism: Elina Juopperi
Experiments in Concretism: Kyösti Pärkinen
Experiments in Concretism: Elina Autio
Experiments in Concretism: Inka Bell
Video portrait: Ulla Wiggen
In the intimate video portrait, artist Ulla Wiggen reflects on her artistic journey from painting computer components in the 1960s to exploring the human body, brain, and eye. The video offers a personal look into her evolving practice and subjects.
EMMA Talks: Whose safety?
Experts address the way in which the security sector creates unsafe environments. What more can be done to make public space safer for all? The event is part of Pilvi Takala's Close Watch exhibition.
Artist interview: Hannaleena Heiska & Minna Tervamäki
As a guest at Yrjö Kukkapuro
A heartwarming video portrait about the iconic Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro filmed in his studio in 2023.
Rut Bryk: Touch of a Butterfly
In the intimate documentary, experts on the artist and her immediate circle convey an image of Rut Bryk as a person at home in both global metropolises as well as the middle of Lapland’s wilderness.
Sougwen Chung: Assembly Lines: Expanse [extending]
A Matter of the Heart – How Collection Kakkonen Came to EMMA
The documentary takes a peek into Kyösti Kakkonen’s home, delving into his vast art storage room, and examines the museum’s work with unique art objects in the collection.
Molten Glass, Fired Clay – documentation of artist Heini Riitahuhta working
Artist Heini Riitahuhta creating her commission piece The Song of the Rooster for the Collection Kakkonen exhibition.
Molten Glass, Fired Clay – documentation of artist Alma Jantunen working
Artist Alma Jantunen creating her commission piece Lilliputti for the Collection Kakkonen exhibition.
Installing Oiva Toikka’s Glass Forest
Follow EMMA’s conservators as they spend seven days assembling Glass Forest (2003), the largest piece in the Collection Kakkonen exhibition. The video is a visual celebration of the precision and care behind the scenes.
Installing Raimo Saarinen’s A Cross-Section of an Imaginary Slope
A Cross-Section of an Imaginary Slope took 2,5 weeks to install. Take a look behind the scenes of EMMA and watch how the piece was built!
EMMA Talks: Art and Artificial Intellegences
How making and experiencing art is changing in light of new artificial intelligence technologies? Artists in discussion: Sougwen Chung, Holly Herndon & Jakob Kudsk Steensen.
Artist interview: Chiharu Shiota
Artist Chiharu Shiota and EMMA's curator Arja Miller talk about the Tracing Boundaries exhibition.