Francesca Fini is an independent AI filmmaker exploring the intersection of contemporary art, technology, AI filmmaking, and storytelling. Her work blends generative tools with cinematic language to craft visually striking, emotionally resonant films. Through a unique hybrid process—merging AI-generated imagery, sound design, and narrative construction—she creates short films and experimental pieces that challenge traditional formats and open new frontiers in digital cinema.
Concept
The action begins with co-performer Inanna taking my blood, in front of a white table with an old Olivetti typewriter.
She pours my blood into a glass cup, and there we dip a six meters long white satin ribbon, till it’s completely soaked in blood. Then we stretch the ribbon across the performative space and use a golden hair-dryer to dry the ribbon a bit. Immediately, the space gets marked by thin blood trails that intersect on the floor, almost creating a map of our movements through the room.
Then I open the typewriter and replace the old ink ribbon with the new one full of my own blood. I sit in front of the Olivetti and start hitting the keys. Without thinking, I write short surreal sentences that come spontaneously to my mind in that precise moment. When I finish writing, Inanna takes the paper sheets and attacks them to the almost invisible white wires hanging from the ceiling.
The last sentence I write is "Ofelia Non Annega" (Ophelia does not drown), in a celebration of female resilience against the romantic depiction of self-destructive female heroism.
The action is repeated from the very beginning for about six hours until the view of the performance space is completely covered.
Documentation
Shows
Live Cinema Festival @ Macro Museum of Rome - 2016
Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo - 2017
Credits
Concept and art direction - Francesca Fini
Performing - Francesca Fini, Inanna Trillis
Website of the project