Kajanaqtuq
Director: Ella Morton
Canada, 2020, 10’ 39’’, HDD, Color
English, Inuktitut with English, Turkish Subtitles
Inuk Elder Naulaq LeDrew speaks about her home in Nunavut, Canada and how Inuit lifestyles have changed since her youth. Altered Super 8mm film footage of the region illustrates her account of historical events and Inuit mythology.
The Requerimiento
Director: Andrea Bordoli
Switzerland, 2020, 8’, Renkli / Color
English with Turkish Subtitles
The Requerimiento was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy of Castile's divine right to take possession of the New World's territories and to subjugate, exploit and, if necessary, fight the native inhabitants.This experimental 16mm short film explores the aesthetics of a mythological time and its archetypical creatures and materialities. In particular, following the trajectories of a serpent and a meteorite's fragment, REQUERIMIENTO develops an interwoven narration questioning human and nonhuman alterities in different epochs and cultures.
Spirits and Rocks: an Azorean Myth
Director: Aylin Gökmen
Switzerland, 2020, 13’ 30’’, HDD, Black& White
Portuguese with English, Turkish Subtitles
On a volcanic island, inhabitants are caught in an unending cycle: the threat of impending eruptions and earthquakes, and the burden of past traumas loom over them. Some draw upon myth and religious beliefs to interpret their precarious situation, while others demonstrate resilience, rebuilding their villages from the volcanic rocks. Mirroring the ethereal atmosphere of the island’s landscapes, the film gradually takes on the appearance of the stories it recounts.
The Spirit Keepers of Makuta'ay
Director: Yen-Chao Lin
Canada, 2020, 10’ 50’’, HDD, Color
No Dialogue
A super 8 experimental documentary of the different spiritual practices of Makuta’ay, from Daoist ritual possession to memories of past Amis sorcerers. Shot on location in the traditional Amis territory on the east coast of Taiwan.
The White Death of the Black Wizard
Director: Rodrigo Ribeiro
Brazil, 2020, 10’20’’, HDD, Black&white
English with Turkish Subtitiles
Memories of the Brazilian slavery past overflow into ethereal landscapes and harrowing noises. Through a visual poetic essay, an intimate and sensory journey reflects on the silencing and invisibility of black people in African diaspora.
Having penetrated the Balkans in the fourteenth century, conquered Constantinople in the fifteenth, and reached the gates of Vienna in the sixteenth, the Ottoman Empire long struck fear into European hearts.
Inspired by the exhibition And Now the Good News, which focusing on the relationship between mass media and art, we prepared horoscope readings based on the chapters of the exhibition. Using the popular astrological language inspired by the effects of the movements of celestial bodies on people, these readings with references to the works in the exhibition make fictional future predictions inspired by the horoscope columns that we read in the newspapers with the desire to receive good news about our day.
In 1998 Ben Jakober and Yannick Vu collaborated on an obvious remake of Marcel Duchamp’s Roue de Bicyclette, his first “readymade” object. Duchamp combined a bicycle wheel, a fork and a stool to create a machine which served no purpose, subverting accepted norms of art.
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