Diamond Belly
Puolakka Anni
Diamond Belly explores love and companionship between a human artist, the bot and mosquitoes. The human offers their body as a nourishing 'baguette' to the diamond-bellied mosquitoes, envisioning the flies' bio-chemistry in complementary with their own haematic cycle.
Production Year
2018
Duration
00:11:15
Tyyppi
Asiasana
artificial intelligence, biology, blood, blood circulation, chatbots, conversation, dialogue, insects, love, media art, microbes, mosquitoes, nature, religion and religions, sex, video art, violence (activity), water
Original Title
Timanttimaha
English Title
Diamond Belly
Production Countries
Netherlands
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Anni Puolakka (Author), Merja Kokkonen (Cinematographer), Anni Puolakka (Cinematographer), Miša Skalskis (Composer), Anni Puolakka (Director), Anni Puolakka (Editor), Anni Puolakka (Actor), Göteborgs Konsthall (Funder), Koneen säätiö (Funder), Peach (Funder), Anni Puolakka (Script), 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.
8 works