"Salty" was filmed on location at an old salt mine on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, in the outskirts of the city of Burgas, where Daniel Bozhkov grew up. The video shows the artist licking the edge of a large mound of salt, the size of an Egyptian pyramid. Then he tries to dig a hole with his mouth and bury his head in the muddy ground. He only partially succeeds. An airplane flies behind the pyramid, preparing to land at the airport nearby. [Overview courtesy of 601Artspace]
In 1952, when the settlement was built in the far north of Munich, people from many different nations moved in: Latvians, Russians, Armenians, Poles, Ukrainians, Kalmyks, Sudeten Germans – all so-called displaced persons, people with no chance of returning to their homeland or emigrating after the war. Today, around 2,000 people live here in a truly multicultural society, happy about the tolerance and friendly neighborhood. However, this was once the site of a satellite camp of the Dachau concentration camp: "Living here is both a blessing and a curse."
We met Rashid during the summer of 2002. Like so many others, he waits, sitting on the sand, his eyes fixed on the horizon where the lights of the English coast shine. Like every evening, he hopes to cross to the other side. But, on the beach at Sangatte, only the days pass, and these men continue to wait, on the threshold of a new life.
Sō, an aspiring mystery novelist, began working part-time as a waitress at a hot spring inn. There she met her idol, the popular author Yamada, but then someone stole the manuscript she had just finished writing...
Levi is an old innovator who is too shy to make contact with Marie, a woman from his neighborhood, and comes up with the idea of constructing a machine.
Visualization (plastical code) for scenography of Shakespeare’s play of the same name. The key idea for the project was applying semiotic concept of cultural space (including theatrical space).
The authors of the film attempt to answer the questions: Why was the Latvian Legion created? Who were the Latvian legionnaires in World War II – victims, Nazis, or heroes? The film uses materials from the Latvian State Film, Photo and Sound Archive and the memories of former legionnaires.
On June 2nd, 2002, Canada's premier melodic hard rock band Harem Scarem took to the stage The Gods festival, held at Pennington's, in Bradford UK - The Gods, also known as The Gods of AOR, was the forerunner to world renowned Firefest, which would be held annually at Nottingham's Rock City. Harem Scarem's set was recorded and later released by their label Frontiers Records on December 9th 2002. Setlist: "Change Comes Around", "Killing Me", "Stuck With You", "Hard to Love", "Who-Buddy", "You Ruined Everything", "This Ain't Over", "See Saw", "If You", "Warming a Frozen Rose", "How Long", "Honestly", "Outside Your Window", "So Blind", "The Paint Thins", "No Justice"
A short animated feature.
Interested in performance, and with a background in scenography as well as fine art, Ulla von Brandenburg often brings together the past and the present in her work. In Ein Zaubertrickfilm, the German artist creates a video that draws on the experiments of early cinema. This silent black and white film features the artist’s friends performing a variety of tricks, sight gags and slights of hand, some of which are enhanced due to the manipulations that became possible with the invention of the moving image. Not all of the tricks are successful in conventional terms, but each individual completes their “act” to the best of their ability, often with humor.
The film tells the story of patients at the Lviv Regional Psychiatric Clinic who are being treated with art by rehearsing Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Its main idea is to make us "normal" people think about our lives and actions in the "normal" world.
Lammei (Wildfire) is the first Manipuri video film to have a commercial screening at a theatre. It marked the beginning of a digital era in Manipuri cinema. Thambal, a young lady is brutally raped by a Minister's son Rocky. But the charges for the heinous crime falls upon Chinglen, Thambal's boyfriend.
A documentary film that explores the political events before and after the 1965 tragedy in Indonesia, known as Gestok (1st October Movement). The film features interviews with people who lived through and were involved in those events, offering different views from what was commonly told during the New Order era. The film aims to show the political tensions between different groups—such as the military, student activists, religious organizations, and left-wing movements—and how these tensions led to the violent events of 1965 and the change in government.
According to pop culture mythology, Paris Hilton “invented” the selfie in 2006. In factual terms, Uber and its rideshare model was officially launched in 2010. Mare Tralla’s video precedes - and reflects - both of these cultural landmarks that have since become nouns. In this piece, no words are needed: a woman rides in the backseat, entranced by pulsing rhythms. Through a double-layered image - or perhaps an altered state of mind - we follow the movements of a fleeting moment inside a car.
