Monday was a working day - and with a beautiful sunshine most of the day! Today I made the "real" version of what I now, preliminary, call A Day With Malla (working title), a short performance for camera, or should I say a video documenting the changes in the landscape seen from the lake towards Malla fell during one day in April. I started early in the morning, the first session at 7 am, down at the lake, very near the place where I made my first attempt. The light was bluish, of course, but I guess I could have started already at six o'clock, because the sun was up. Then I continued by repeating the same image every second hour, at 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm and the last session at 9 pm. All morning and day the sun shone from a deep blue sky, it was rather cold and the snow glittered with thousand tiny sparks. In the afternoon clouds started to gather and some snow was falling every now and then. No real snowfall but something like a mist or fog with snowflakes, beautiful and eerie. The clouds remained until the last session, and at eight o'clock it was snowing heavily, but luckily the sky cleared somewhat after that. No glorious sunset to end this piece, but a sunset nonetheless. I guess it is better that way. - I started to write a text, in Finnish, to use as a voice-over to the video today, but I am not sure if it is needed or how to use it. If it turns out ok I might try to record it at some point tomorrow.
The snapshots with my phone from the first and last session will give you an idea what Malla looked like today; what is missing is the sunny part between them. And to explain what I mean by saying there is a lot of snow here, I include a snapshot of the view from the kitchen window, taken this morning.
