Through film, video performance and sculpture, Stella explores an awareness that materializes in the space between an event and a perceiver.



Drawn to the potential of storytelling as a tool for regenerative creation. 



língua d’agua short film- soon
 





Short Film, 20 min  
Docu-fiction
2024

Directing, cinematography, editing, sound recording: Stella Horta
Acting: Mariana Medeiros, Ana Goulard
Production: Mariana Medeiros, Ana Malato
Music: Stav Yeini
Mixing, Composition: Marc Lohr

Voice over recording: Zinko, David Almeida Ribeiro, Elliot Sheedy
Colorist: Joana Silva Fernandes
Underwater cinematography: Nuno Sá
Titles: Martim Cruz 









glimmer- videos for stage




Directed and Edited six films for stage
For in Micro Audio Waves X Rui Horta Glimmer concert
Director of Photography: Tomás Vieira
2024




















azolla allegory- video installation








Video Installation
22 min video loop, hanging glass sculptures, azolla fern, sand, fog difusers.

Concept, camera, editing, glass sculptures: Stella Horta Performers: Natasha Virgilio, Rachel Bo, Emeka Ene, Deva Schubert
Composition: Tom Lönqvist, Usof










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ꕀ Arctic sediments hold memories as our feet sink slowly into warm water. 

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Azolla Allegory makes use of the visual metaphor of a freshwater fern and its symbiotic relationship with a blue-green cyanobacteria. This cyanobacteria has imprinted its genetic essence upon this fern, resulting in cascade of events during the Eocene era. Traces of this event are visible in ancient Arctic sediments. Azolla Allegory proposes to make visible the complex web of agencies and dynamic interactions between organisms and environments that over time become bodies.





What if we could perceive our environments as active generators of life forms, rather than
passive settings for life to exist? 




























Video Installation 22 min video loop, hanging glass sculptures, azolla fern, sand, fog difusers.


Concept, camera, editing, glass sculptures: Stella Horta
Performers: Natasha Virgilio, Rachel Bo, Emeka Ene, Deva Schubert
Outside eye: Judith Förster
Sound composition: Tom Lönqvist, Usof, Stella Horta
Costumes: Iva Hoes, Stella Horta
Pillows: Jona Carstensen



Interactions between organisms and environments generated bodies.
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ꕀ ꕀ ꕀ Events cascaded out of a single symbiotic encounter. 
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ꕀ Arctic sediments hold memories as our feet sink slowly into warm water. 








Azolla Allegory makes use of the visual metaphor of a freshwater fern and its symbiotic relationship with a blue-green cyanobacteria. This cyanobacteria has imprinted its genetic essence upon this fern, resulting in cascade of events during the Eocene era. Traces of this event are visible in ancient Arctic sediments. Azolla Allegory proposes to make visible the complex web of agencies and dynamic interactions between organisms and environments that over time become bodies.































Video Sculpture
Two video sculptures created for Judith Förster's piece “Horizon Problems” premiered in November 2022 at Sophiensaele, Berlin.

Choreography, dance, costumes, stage: Judith Förster
Dance: Natasha Vergilio, Rachell Bo Clark

Sound: Alexander Iezzi
video Sculptures: Stella Horta
Dramaturgy: Isabel Gatzke
Lighting: Hanna Kritten Tangsoo
Costume assistance: Jonna Carstensen
Outside Eye: Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Photography: Ryan Molnar

anarres and urras









The two video sculptures Anarres and Urras, named after the two planets in Ursula Le Guin's novel “Dispossessed”, blur the borders of matter and tech. They become multidimensional hybrids, playing with the idea of new materialities themselves: interweaving light, video, and 3D animation in dialogue with the performance that is happening live.
The haptic and creature-like dimensions of the sculptures are a development of an expanded understanding of video that Stella has been developing through close collaboration with dance/performance.





















After showdown AV and Handle With Care, Horizon Problems is the third work by Judith Förster, in which Stella Horta collaborates by bringing the audiovisual dimension into Judith Förster´s choreographic work. Through this collaboration, they further develop research in science fiction narratives to pursue a physical-emotional approach to coexistence and belonging in a complex society.




















































anarres and urras


Video Sculpture
Two video sculptures created for Judith Förster's piece “Horizon Problems” premiered in November 2022 at Sophiensaele, Berlin.
Documentation: Ryan Molnar





The two video sculptures Anarres and Urras, named after the two planets in Ursula Le Guin's novel “Dispossessed”, become multidimensional hybrids, playing with the idea of new materialities themselves: interweaving light, video, and 3D animation in dialogue with the performance that is happening live.



The haptic and creature-like dimensions of the sculptures are a development of an expanded understanding of video that Stella has been developing through close collaboration with dance/performance.
















After showdown AV and Handle With Care, Horizon Problems is the third work by Judith Förster, in which Stella Horta collaborates by bringing the audiovisual dimension into Judith Förster´s choreographic work.

















Short Film
A short film portraying the embryonic development of a Zebrafish.
Solarfish explores themes such as more-than-human relations, model animals, the performance of a researcher, and the possibility or impossibility to tune into a more-than-human perspective.

Directing, Cinematography, and Editing: Stella Horta
Text: Stella Horta and Denise Pereira
Acting: Eva Fishan
Sound: Tom Lönnqvist

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Solarafish short film was exhibited within the frame of “Another Matter” at Acud Gallery.

“The exhibition Another Matter explored new ways of relating to the more-than-human and inquires into the social, material, and aesthetic conditions of the so-called Anthropocene. The exhibition is developed by the UdK Experimental Film and Media Art Class with the curatorial support of Vanina Saracino.”



Short Film

A short film portraying the embryonic development of a Zebrafish.
























“Imagine if we could highlight the highs and lows of our life with fluorescence. A map to keep as a souvenir. We could pin it to our fridge or use it as a social media picture.” -video quote




“Sometimes numbers have the power to make life feel organized and sweet. The Zebrafish has more than 26,000 protein-coding genes. When I think of such a number I feel safe and at the same time confused.” -video quote




Microscopic imagery of the Zebrafish development.










Sometimes numbers have the power to make life feel organized and sweet. The Zebrafish has more than 26,000 protein-coding genes. When I think of such a number I feel safe and at the same time confused.























Video Performance
Directing, cinematography, editing, and photography based on Judith Föster’s Choreographic installation.
Premiered at feldfünf and shown at Hackesche Höfe Kino in cooperation with Sophiensaele.

handle with care








“Would you come over? My world is whirled by stormy weather. The horizon leans constantly forward and I’ve lost order so time spits. My hands are empty. All around me and all around you are numbers of people constantly balancing things, fixing things, breaking things, humans-in-the-loop.” - Isabel Gatzke












































“After showdown AV, Handle With Care is the second work by choreographer Judith Förster to premiere as a video avatar through a collaboration with filmmaker Stella Horta. The physical space on which it is based is shaped by the movements of the dancers Hannah Krebs and Sunayana Shetty as well as objects by Martin Sieweke and André Uerba, texts by Isabel Gatzke, and sounds by Fjóla Gautadóttir.”


















handle with care 




Video Performance
Directing, cinematography, editing,  photography.
 
















Judith Förster to premiere as a video avatar through a collaboration with filmmaker Stella Horta. The physical space on which it is based is shaped by the movements of the dancers Hannah Krebs and Sunayana Shetty as well as objects by Martin Sieweke and André Uerba, texts by Isabel Gatzke, and sounds by Fjóla Gautadóttir.