Anna-Sofia Nylund

”I haven’t been in love with any of the men I have been with. I don’t know what love is.” A 66-year-old woman examines her life. We see her memories take shape through bizarre experiences at night clubs and during hotel nights spent with strangers. Those have not provided any comfort or safety for her. Rag dolls by artist Pauliina Turakka Purhonen portray the woman at the ages of 3, 5, and 60.

In the essay film Craving Earth, the filmmaker and visual artist Anna-Sofia Nylund tries to explain the indescribable feeling one can have towards nature and its beauty.

An artist sits in her studio watching three screens streaming live from a car park cave. On the screens, a transparent entity appears that does not seem to belong there. She names it ‘the transformative figure’ because it seems to transform its body according to its surroundings. She realises that the figure gathers information in the form of observations, thoughts and feelings and it is on its way to give the information to the artist. The Transformative Figure comes closer and closer and is finally entering the artist's private home. The film raises a question of how artistic inspiration works?