“The Mirages project combines many of the things that have fascinated me during my entire career, such as interarticity, the interface between moving image and performing arts, art research and the potential of virtual technology in expanding art making and experiences. A lot of very interesting and innovative things happen at the interface between different art fields when different conventions in art making and experiences meet”

Marikki Hakola is a media artist film director, and producer. Her works, beginning in 1981, include video and multimedia art, installations, dance and music films, and performances.

Mirages is also a research project. The media work forms part of Marikki Hakola’s doctoral degree (DA) at Aalto University. Her research focuses on the philosophy and design of virtual modes of the moving image. The experimental parts of the research have put forth new methods of virtual staging that enable a versatile use of virtual scenography in live performance, real-time streaming of live events, and live broadcast.

Other key works directed by Marikki Hakola

• Turppi videos: Earth Contacts (1982) & Deadline (1983)
• Piipää, a multimedia performance, (1987)
• Triad NetDance, a telepresence performance between Tokyo – New York – Helsinki (1998)
• Continuum, a dance video, choreography by Sanna Kekäläinen (20’ 1999)
• Figure, an interactive thermal camera installation (2000)
• L’Enfant et les sortiléges, an opera film, music by Maurice Ravel (43’ 2004)
• Butterty Lovers, a dance and music film, choreography by Huang Dou Dou (30’2005)
• OTTO, a Jazz documentary, music by Otto Donner (50’ 2009)
• Luonnotar, a music and dance film, music by Jean Sibelius (10’ 2010)
• Moloch – Earthly Gestures, an interactive installation and web art piece (2010)
• Frontiers, a media art installation, directed with sculptor Jarmo Vellonen (15’ 2014)
• The Flow of Time, an outdoor installation and video art work (7’ 2021)