Eija-Liisa Ahtila: the Hour of Prayer May 15, 2007

'The Hour of Prayer' is a short tale about attachment and death that is based on Finnish video artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila's own life. Via the events surrounding the death of a dog, it tells the story of death entering a house and of the process of dealing with grief. The intention is to explore the possibilities of disrupting the traditional causal logic, structure and space for perception in screen narrative, while still being able to follow the events.