Studies On Entangled Life

Studies on Entangled Life

2025 |Brazil |16:34 |Portuguese |Subtitle: English

The short film Studies on entangled life portrays a poetic look on the symbiosis between fungi and plant roots, known as mycorrhizas, and their relationship with soil health. The narrative is intertwined with the transformative experience of pregnancy.

Director

Tuane Eggers

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Tuane Eggers

Tuane Eggers is a brazilian PhD student in visual arts. Her work is focused on photography, with themes related to the flows and the impermanence of life. In his current research, she investigates relationships of symbiosis, coexistence and co-creation. She also works in the audiovisual field.

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Studies On Entangled Life

Studies on Entangled Life

Tuane Eggers

Awake: The Dark Night of the Soul

Bumps on Sticks

Caverns and Coprophilia

Do I Know You, Mushroom?

Hyphae

Lavsang: Song of the Lichens

Mania

Micocosmo: A Fungi's World in a Festival

Myconism

Peaks to Prairie: A Holistic Regenerative Approach

Ricochet Sculpture in Mycelium

Savior

Catch Our Spores