Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa: Diving Wombs

The film was shot on 16 millimeter black and white film, Tri-X and Double X. The Finnish Cultural Fund has supported Guzmán Figueroa’s work.

Paola Fernanda Guzmán Figueroa is a visual artist and filmmaker living in Helsinki. He works with film, analogue experiments, animation, installations and performances. In his art, he deals with issues related to borders, family and aging. In Guzmán Figueroa’s work, situations, stories and bodies are in constant motion, and the threads between the past and the present become stronger and more visible.

Guzmán Figueroa has graduated with a master’s degree in fine arts from the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts in 2022. His works have been exhibited in many countries. “Time Travel” has been seen at Governors Island in New York (2023), CICA Museum in South Korea (2022) and El Retiro Park in Madrid (2020). “Mommy, say something to the camera, mom!” has been exhibited at the Doclisboa film festival in Lisbon (2023) and “Nanita, para siempre” at the Centro Cultural Gabriel García Márquez in Bogotá (2022) and the Helsinki Central Library in Oodi (2023). Guzmán Figueroa has recently worked at the residency at Saari Manor and at the Residency Unlimited artist residency in New York, supported by the Finnish Cultural Institute.