Hyacinth Cracks
Pathirane Sara
Hyacinth Cracks shows how the human imprint becomes small compared to nature's own processes and how nature acts as a creative force, creating surprising aesthetics as the silk painting gets tangled in new compositions in between the royal palm trees. In the work, human-insect collaboration is present in many layers, as the silk in the painting originates from silkworms. The title refers to the moment when a silkworm’s hyacinth-colored egg breaks open as a sign of transformation. Hyacinth Cracks is part of Sara Pathirane’s long-term practice of depicting the forces of nature interfering with and interacting with human aesthetic and imaginary ideas.
Production Year
2024
Duration
00:17:55
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Hyacinth Cracks
English Title
Hyacinth Cracks
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
No
Cast
Sara Pathirane (Author), Sara Pathirane (Cinematographer), Sara Pathirane (Director), Sara Pathirane (Editor), Sara Pathirane (Producer), Sara Pathirane (Script), Alfred Kordelinin säätiö (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder)
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Sara Pathirane
Born: 1985
Sara Pathirane’s work deals with the tradition of landscape painting and the problematics of taking a picture. As shooting locations for her videos she uses nature areas known from movies and paintings, shifting between the everyday and the fiction. She works with video, painting and live-installations. Pathirane lives and works in Helsinki. She has studied in the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and Accademia Albertina in Torino. Her works have been shown for example at Taiga-Space, Saint-Petersburg (2016), Colombo Art Biennale (2016) and Kiasma (2010, 2013).
15 works