The action begins with my co-performer Inanna drawing my blood in front of a white table and an old Olivetti typewriter.

She pours the blood into a glass cup, and together we dip a six-meter-long white satin ribbon into it until the fabric is completely saturated. We then stretch the ribbon across the performance space and use a golden hair dryer to partially dry it. As we move, the ribbon leaves thin trails of blood on the floor, marking the space with intersecting lines that gradually resemble a map of our movements through the room.
 

I then open the typewriter and replace the old ink ribbon with the one soaked in my own blood. Sitting before the Olivetti, I begin to strike the keys. Without premeditation, I write short surreal sentences that emerge in that exact moment. Each time I finish a page, Inanna takes the sheet and pins it to the nearly invisible white wires hanging from the ceiling.

The final sentence I write is Ofelia Non Annega — Ophelia Does Not Drown — a declaration of female resilience against the romantic mythology of self-destructive femininity.

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The entire action is repeated from the beginning for approximately six hours, until the performance space is gradually covered by blood-written pages and traces of the act itself.

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Shows
Live Cinema Festival @ Macro Museum of Rome - 2016

Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo - 2017 
BODY (S)CUL(P)TURE personal exhibition at Fondazione Zoli, Forlì - 2024

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Credits
Concept and art direction - Francesca Fini
Performing - Francesca Fini, Inanna Trillis