Haemocyanin
Laitinen Tuomas A.
Haemocyanin is based on a strand of artworks and research on ecological change, consciousness, and mythologies via octopuses. Since 2016, this process has resulted to 12 glass objects made for octopuses. In Haemocyanin, the octopus is seen in interaction with the glass object.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:08:03
Tyyppi
Asiasana
animals, aquariums, blood, cephalopods, consciousness (mental properties), ecology, glass, glass objects, languages, media art, octopuses, refraction, sand, video art
Original Title
Haemocyanin
Finnish Title
Haemocyanin
English Title
Haemocyanin
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
Yes
Cast
Tuomas A. Laitinen (Author), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Cinematographer), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Composer), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Director), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Editor), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Script), Tuomas A. Laitinen (Sound Design), Taiteen edistämiskeskus (Funder), Studio Tuomas A. Laitinen (Production Company)
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Tuomas Aleksander Laitinen’s current work and research focuses on the entanglements of human and non-human coexistence. Laitinen constructs situations and installations that are exploring the porous interconnectedness of language, body, and matter within morphing ecosystems. Laitinen’s works have been recently shown in the 21st Biennale of Sydney, 7th Bucharest Biennale, SADE LA (Los Angeles), Amado Art Space (Seoul), Moving Image New York, Art Sonje Center (Seoul), Helsinki Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, MOCA Shanghai & Cinemateca do MAM Rio de Janeiro.