Hanna Haaslahti

Hanna HAASLAHTI (1969, Finland) is a media artist and filmmaker based in Helsinki. She graduated in photography from Lahti Institute of Design in Finland and set design from Art Academy of Verona in Italy. In 2001, she earned her Master’s degree in Medialab at the University of Arts and Design Helsinki. Her primary interest is computer vision and its social implication for human relationships. With her interactive artworks, she explores the possibilities of human-machine-human collaboration. Her works have been exhibited in various international media art festivals and galleries, including Ars Electronica, Hamburg Kunsthalle and Watermans (London). She has received many honorary mentions, grants and awards, such as the most prestigious Finnish media art award AVEK-award (2005) and a 5-year artist grant by the Arts Council of Finland (2010). She was a Sundance New Frontier Story Lab fellow in 2020. Most recently her work has been shown at BFI London 2021, CPH:DOX Interactive 2022, the Eye Filmmuseum and BIFAN 2022.