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«Spinebone Soup and Stuffed Rabbits»

Several years ago I refused eating meat entirely. Insisting neither on ecological nor ethical aspects,
I could only guess which machinery of a personal eschatology affected my alimentary choice.
The nucleus of my work “Spinebone Soup and Stuffed Rabbits” is a reflection on the nature of food politics; the transition of biopolitics into necropolitics; the establishment of ethics as a product of a dominant ideology; the role of trauma, memory and speech in the shaping of consumer’s choice. It was made in four countries using four different languages. Here I comprehend language as a “cultural” state whereas hands eating as a “natural” state (for a Westerner). The aim of the interview is to speculate about the freedom of decisions in general: the ground for the choice of not eating meat to the situations of survivalism.

  • Ksenia Yurkova
    Director
  • Ksenia Yurkova
    Writer
  • Ksenia Yurkova
    Producer
  • Ksenia Yurkova
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    41 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 30, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland, Germany, Italy, Russian Federation
  • Language:
    Finnish, German, Italian, Russian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Ksenia Yurkova

Ksenia Yurkova is an artist living between St.Petersburg and Helsinki. She works primarily with photography,
video and text. The main focus of her interest is communication and language: the varieties of its
substance, the possibility of conversion, its mythological aspect, stereotyping (the question of personal
and political self-identification and identification by others), problems of memory, attitudes, and reliance.
Coming a long way from political and cultural journalism, through organizing and curating cultural
and art events, Ksenia settled in individual artistic and research practice, which allows the useful critical
distance for observation and working with contemporary issues. Her approach is based on methods of
language appropriation, over-affirmation, self-reflection and self-criticism through ironic component
inevitably added to the most serious matters. Ksenia Yurkova has taken part in numerous shows and
festivals worldwide, has released several artist books. Her works are in private collections in Russia,
Germany, and Finland.

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