This is a video documenting my master’s thesis production work – Libido et Mortido. In spring of 2025 the book was made by hand and printed using risography technique. The content is an interview about death with 7 different individuals, including essays and illustrations by me. Interviews have been done throughout 2022-2024 period.

The title - Libido et Mortido, meaning life and death rituals. This term originated from Latin and comes from Russian psychoanalytic and pedalog – Sabina Shpilerin. She defined in around 1910 “Libido” as a drive of life and opposite to it “Mortido” as a drive of death.





Credits:


Video filmed by Aava Eronen

Stage design (“The Altar”) by Aava Eronen

Video shoot assistant Priska Raate


Video edited and cut by Kai Nordfors

Video effects by Kai Nordfors

Motion graphics by Kai Nordfors


Sound design by Priska Raate & Kai Nordfors

Produced and mixed by Priska Raate

Guitar played by Kai Nordfors

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Special thanks to:


Thesis supervisor Arja Karhumaa

Thesis advisor and mentor Päivi Helander

Printmaking workshop master Pia Parjanen-Aaltonen

Printmaking workshop assistant Jassir Kuronen

Bookbinding master Juha Markula