In Search of Perfection
Pukki Leena
What do we strive for when we look for a better appearance? What are the features that make a face unattractive or attractive? What is desirable, unwanted, or normal? “In Search of Perfection” is a clay animation about the perceptions of beauty and body modification. The artwork visualizes a beauty ideal through animation and interviews made with plastic surgeons. The film reflects what a perfect face looks like, as the plasticine version of artist's head is molded slowly towards this beauty ideal, following the surgeons' comments.
Production Year
2019
Duration
00:16:25
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Täydellisyyttä etsimässä
Finnish Title
Täydellisyyttä etsimässä
English Title
In Search of Perfection
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Leena Pukki (Author), Leena Pukki (Cinematographer), Leena Pukki (Director), Leena Pukki (Editor), Leena Pukki (Producer), Leena Pukki (Script), Toni Teivaala (Sound Design), Leena Pukki (Sound Design), Helsingin Taidehalli (Funder), AVEK (Funder)
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Leena Pukki (b. 1984) is a visual artist whose work explores interspecies relations, history, alternative realities, colors, and unicellular organisms. Her practice ranges from media art to large-scale wall paintings, bio art, and installations. Pukki earned an MA in Art from Aalto University in 2015 and a BA from the Lahti Art Institute in 2007.