Petrogenesis Petra Genetrix (2020)

Ayoung Kims enchanting film Petrogenesis Petra Genetrix 2019 takes the viewer on a journey through hyperbolic mythology based on a fictional genderless mineral Petra Genetrix Through this character Kim explores the Mongolian animist belief that positions land mother rock stones and sacred caves at the center of their universe By likening rocks and stones as the Earths memory storage vessel the work illuminates the futurist potential of animism Quartz can be considered to be a type of natural computer since it absorbs and stores a large amount of energy The traditional spirituality oriented towards land or ancient animism reveals the potential equivalence between primeval objects and the futuristic memory sphere