ᶈenetralia
Puolakka Anni
ᶈenetralia is the story of person whose memory of an early sexual encounter with a jacuzzi is triggered when she moves into a flat that is above an all-male sauna, a popular underground hookup spot in her neighbourhood. Heat, sounds and condensation from the sauna seep into the flat, causing her to birth a swarm of fishing lures.
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:13:20
Tyyppi
Asiasana
fiction, homosexuality, lures (fishing), media art, memories (mental objects), nature, psychotherapy, saunas, sexuality, water
Original Title
ᶈenetralia
Production Countries
Netherlands
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Anni Puolakka (Author), Anni Puolakka (Cinematographer), Miša Skalskis (Cinematographer), Ellie Hunter (Cinematographer), Miša Skalskis (Composer), Ellie Hunter (Director), Anni Puolakka (Director), Anni Puolakka (Script), Ellie Hunter (Script), Gremmen Pleun (Actor), Anni Puolakka (Editor), Peach (Funder), Miša Skalskis (Sound Design)
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Anni Puolakka (born in Oulu, Finland) is based in Helsinki and makes performances, videos, installations, drawings and texts in which biographical materials are incorporated into fictional worlds. The works play with the boundaries and potential of human animals as they seek meaningful and vibrant – sometimes drowsy or dirty – involvement with other beings, objects and surroundings.
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