
5, 50, 100 Years From Now
"Our common goal is to move towards the stars, because they are above us. Hope is in the stars"
5, 50, 100 Years From Now is a short experimental video essay in which Neste gas station customers reflect on what they imagine to be in store for us: the development of transport, technology and climate change, a colony on Mars, human consciousness replaced by machines, street sides heated by burning barrels of rubbish, or information giants supplanting nation states. Departing from their wild imagination, Pennanen moves away from documentary realism and invites us to reflect on our ultimate relationship with nature. Her speculative dystopia helps us to imagine potential utopian alternatives.



Film still from 5, 10, 100 Years From Now / Exhibition view, Nicosia
Exhibitions & Festivals
PUBLICS Helsinki; Open Up Festival Nicosia; Composite Melbourne; DocPoint Film Festival, Helsinki; BISFF Beijing Film Festival; Art Vilnius 24 and Shimmer Rotterdam
In cooperation with
AVEK / PUBLICS Helsinki / Creative Europe
5, 50, 100 Years From Now
2023 | 17 min | color | 4K | surround sound | Music: “Boléro” by Maurice Ravel
Producer: PALO Art Productions