Journal
OF MY DOCUMENTARIES
by Seija Hirstiö
Entering the Sharia governed Aceh almost fully covered
HOW DID I END UP FILMING IN ACEH, INDONESIA? So we finally got a filming permit from the Embassy of Indonesia in Helsinki. We were to go to film evidence of a glorious paradise, model of a holy city, built according to sharia´s law. In this case it being Banda Aceh,...
Me, myself and I – need for some self reflection
LEARNING THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY MAKING “I found myself repeatedly with an empty fridge. A child inclusive this is not a good combination. I thought it might help if I felt good about food and maybe even started enjoying it. There are many sides to eating problems....
I completely froze in Namibia
HOW DID I END UP IN NAMIBIA? I was working in the HUB co-working place in Tampere, year 2011. I met Jutta George there as she had just finished her studies in the Proakatemia business school and was looking for ways to get back to Namibia which she loved so much! TAMK...
Thaipusam Festival is a purification ritual
SUFFERING AND BEAUTY OF IT Thaipusam Festival is a hindu festival celebrated by the Tamil community. It is a very strong celebration for purification of mind and body. Harsh body piercing, shaving heads of the whole family and carrying ’paal kudam’ offerings to...
Smuggling filming equipment to Thailand
THIS WAS IN THE NINTIES! We dressed up as sporty people carrying sports equipment in sports bags but in those bags we had hidden a huge U-matic camera and big heavy recorder and 25 tapes each being about 25cm long and 5 cm high! We also hid a really big stand for the...
Had lots of fun with a crazy artist and author
MUSIC TELEVISION (MTV) HAD JUST ARRIVED... Rosa Liksom is a big name now, known globally as very original and influential writer from Finnish Lapland. When I learnt to know her through our common friends in the nineties she already had been recognised and therefore...
Seija Hirstiö
Documentarist
Designer
Healer
Web pages, videos
visuals/heartwavesdesign.com
Art of healing
healing/heartwavesdesign.com
Documentaries
docs/heartwavesdesign.com
Contact
seija(at)heartwavesdesign.com
I have expressed myself visually since early youth, with film, photography, online videos, graphic design and web design.
Big part of my life has been learning and practising healing arts which has meant healing myself from serious trauma and dissociation.
Please see my different web sites by clicking HeartwavesDesign.com sub domains.
I have expressed myself visually since early youth, with film, photography, online videos, graphic design and web design.
Big part of my life has been learning and practising healing arts which has meant healing myself from serious trauma and dissociation.
Please see my different web sites by clicking HeartwavesDesign.com sub domains.
Contact
seija@heartwavesdesign.com