“Circle of Life”
Digital video
3 minutes, 36 seconds
2020
Circle of Life is a short digital film created by Michelle Poonwalla for the 7th Mediations Biennale in Poland. The 3 minute 36 second digital video takes the viewer on a journey through their subconscious mind, encouraging them to identify their memories and address how elements in the film and real life a ect and challenge these memories. Whilst still incorporating Poonawalla’s butterfly motif, a symbol which denotes freedom and the fragility and metamorphoses of life, the film follows on from Poonawalla’s recent body of work as a filmmaker to address ongoing global issues through an immersive multi sensory experience.
The work was shown at the 7th edition of Mediations Biennale in Poland which highlights artists looking for new means of expression and operating interdisciplinarily between the analog and digital world. For the 7th edition the biennale had a specific curatorial focus on artists who explore ideas around conflict, compassion, identity and memory.
