2014, single channel video, 11:05 min
Walk on Sound follows Riikka Hänninen, a musician who was born blind, as she walks along unknown streets in Helsinki. She explains how she perceives her surrounding through sound and her other senses. We experience the city as she does.
Directing, concept, filming, editing: Kati Åberg
Sound: James Andean
Performer: Riikka Hänninen
Guide dog: Kessu
Screenings include:
Ars Auttoinen (Finland), Messages to Man International Film Festival, St (Russia), Wäinö Aaltonen Museum (Finland), Cairo Video Film Festival (Egypt), Streets for People Festival (Russia)
The piece was made possible through the kind support of the Kone Foundation’s Saari residency, the Arts Council of Finland’s subcommittee for Media Arts, AVEK Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture/Heidi Tikka and the Arts Board of the City of Helsinki.