image from KHALIL CHARIF & CRISTINA AMIRAN - EXPONENTIALS filmWelcome to the cinema section of the 3rd Paxos Biennale. This year's theme, MANIFESTO OF MEMORY focuses on short films and video artworks that examine the concept of memory. From immediate sensory experiences to enduring recollections, memory profoundly influences our understanding of the world around us. Our goal is to showcase a variety of artistic approaches where each film contributes as a puzzle piece, connecting seamlessly with others to form a complete picture of this complex concept.
SCREENING EVENT WAS HELD ON 13 & 14 OF JULY AT SPAZIO MERAKI IN PAXOS ISLAND.
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Scroll down for the participating artists and artworks’ information.
GLENDA LEÓN - EVERY BREATH (TIERRA)
01:18s
Glenda León reflects a fusion that is rare in our Western culture, a cross between an empirical, close to scientific vocation (or knowledge-related) and another of a contemporary, mystical nature. Her work arises from the crossroads of the essential positions that represent rationalism in the broadest sense of the term and the experimental philosophy of the spirit or, simply put, spirituality.
The artwork originate in the artist’s own sensorial experience, specifically in her breathing. It is a paradox that moves between the realm of the subjective and the public, capable of synthesizing an effective allegory about the eternal elements – earth, sea, air, time – that constitute pure essentiality as human beings in our memory.
If we observe closely, the narrative of Cada Respiro warns us of an excessively materialistic world with egocentrism orbiting around it. At the same time, it seeks to lend spiritual coherence and balance to an existence – our existence – which in a practically incomprehensible way has succumbed to the absurdity of ignoring its own harmonious nature. And the thing is, the fact that our vain, dominating global culture has reached the conclusion that the entire universe is divided up into reductionist categories is at least worthy of reflection. It is, without doubt, a notable endeavour of formidable scope, yet useless to explain the essential idea that organizes this universe, which is oblivious to these categories, the latter mainly a product of the way that our mind deals with that which we call reality. This process seems to be imperfect and obviously has its side effects. And this is where Glenda León’s talent as an artist leads us to a fascinating revelation: a single construction plan within our universe that we are an inseparable part of, and which we should feel fused with. Respiration as its unifying window.
www.glenda-leon.com
01:18s
Glenda León reflects a fusion that is rare in our Western culture, a cross between an empirical, close to scientific vocation (or knowledge-related) and another of a contemporary, mystical nature. Her work arises from the crossroads of the essential positions that represent rationalism in the broadest sense of the term and the experimental philosophy of the spirit or, simply put, spirituality.
The artwork originate in the artist’s own sensorial experience, specifically in her breathing. It is a paradox that moves between the realm of the subjective and the public, capable of synthesizing an effective allegory about the eternal elements – earth, sea, air, time – that constitute pure essentiality as human beings in our memory.
If we observe closely, the narrative of Cada Respiro warns us of an excessively materialistic world with egocentrism orbiting around it. At the same time, it seeks to lend spiritual coherence and balance to an existence – our existence – which in a practically incomprehensible way has succumbed to the absurdity of ignoring its own harmonious nature. And the thing is, the fact that our vain, dominating global culture has reached the conclusion that the entire universe is divided up into reductionist categories is at least worthy of reflection. It is, without doubt, a notable endeavour of formidable scope, yet useless to explain the essential idea that organizes this universe, which is oblivious to these categories, the latter mainly a product of the way that our mind deals with that which we call reality. This process seems to be imperfect and obviously has its side effects. And this is where Glenda León’s talent as an artist leads us to a fascinating revelation: a single construction plan within our universe that we are an inseparable part of, and which we should feel fused with. Respiration as its unifying window.
www.glenda-leon.com
LEUNG CHI WO + SARA WONG - THE WOMAN CARRYING A BASIN OVER HER HEAD
09:10s
Comissioned by the Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong produce a short film that appropriates a photograph by Kim Ki-Chan (1938-2005), a work from the ACC Archive. In this photograph, taken in an alley near Seoul Station in 1970, four women walk with a basin on their heads. This way of carrying basins came to be used to facilitate people in carrying stuff in crowded streets and demonstrates the movement of the body that adapts and changes with the city structure. The artists’ structural analysis of the city is not only physical but also progresses to imagining the social and cultural system that begins with an individual’s life as a woman of a certain period of time. The figures’ gestures in the photograph are re-played by another woman (Park So Young) born many years later, showing the encounter and interaction between the two persons, transcending the generation gap.
www.leungchiwo.com/
09:10s
Comissioned by the Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong produce a short film that appropriates a photograph by Kim Ki-Chan (1938-2005), a work from the ACC Archive. In this photograph, taken in an alley near Seoul Station in 1970, four women walk with a basin on their heads. This way of carrying basins came to be used to facilitate people in carrying stuff in crowded streets and demonstrates the movement of the body that adapts and changes with the city structure. The artists’ structural analysis of the city is not only physical but also progresses to imagining the social and cultural system that begins with an individual’s life as a woman of a certain period of time. The figures’ gestures in the photograph are re-played by another woman (Park So Young) born many years later, showing the encounter and interaction between the two persons, transcending the generation gap.
www.leungchiwo.com/
JONATHAS DE ANDRADE - VOYEURISTIC
04:24s
Hands opening their wallets and revealing what their owners carry in intimacy. Made in times of explicit state corruption and high political tension in the air, the video was made with a cell phone camera addressing people on the streets of Recife and São Paulo, and gathers images that search for wealth, individuality, anonymity, privacy and power.
https://cargocollective.com/jonathasdeandrade-eng
04:24s
Hands opening their wallets and revealing what their owners carry in intimacy. Made in times of explicit state corruption and high political tension in the air, the video was made with a cell phone camera addressing people on the streets of Recife and São Paulo, and gathers images that search for wealth, individuality, anonymity, privacy and power.
https://cargocollective.com/jonathasdeandrade-eng
NICOLE KOUTS - MIRRORS FOR TIRED EYES
04:19s
The videoperformance Espelhos Para Olhos Cansados (Mirrors For Tired Eyes, 2023) portrays the usage of "lazy glasses'' in bucolic outdoor landscapes, an object with a mirror mechanism that allows the user to read or watch something while sitting or laying down by an angle tilt. A video essay on the contemporary distortion of the nature of vision, a complex enigma by itself.
https://en.nicolekouts.com/
04:19s
The videoperformance Espelhos Para Olhos Cansados (Mirrors For Tired Eyes, 2023) portrays the usage of "lazy glasses'' in bucolic outdoor landscapes, an object with a mirror mechanism that allows the user to read or watch something while sitting or laying down by an angle tilt. A video essay on the contemporary distortion of the nature of vision, a complex enigma by itself.
https://en.nicolekouts.com/
THE GIFT - KARIN VAN DER MOLEN & PAT VAN BOECKEL
02:19s
A video made in collaboration with Pat van Boeckel, based on the poem: To loose the freshness of speech by Anna Akhmatova, and the White Flag Art Project. It refers to the urge to be totally human even if nobody will listen. The white flag points out the core of humanity, open and creative. As it is 'unburnt' it turns into many little white flags, around a winged chair, in which anyone may take a seat.
http://karinvandermolen.nl
02:19s
A video made in collaboration with Pat van Boeckel, based on the poem: To loose the freshness of speech by Anna Akhmatova, and the White Flag Art Project. It refers to the urge to be totally human even if nobody will listen. The white flag points out the core of humanity, open and creative. As it is 'unburnt' it turns into many little white flags, around a winged chair, in which anyone may take a seat.
http://karinvandermolen.nl
LYDIA KLAMMER - MAN IS A DISC (GREECE)
03:18s
In each of the participating countries, a series of performances will be staged in which up to 100 people can take part. The performances enable individual experiences through the interaction of cognitive and
physical experiences within a defined framework. Each participant receives a white full-body suit, a balloon and choreographic instructions. Part of the performance is the recording and presentation
of the process resulting in a video artwork.
All performances are to take place at special locations that can only be found in the target region and are sought out in advance together with local volunteers, partners and institutions.
The selection is based on certain criteria: On the one hand, there are "lost places" that were once used commercially or industrially and are currently left to their own devices, scarred by these interventions. On the other hand, they are idyllic places of longing where nature is seemingly untouched.
https://lydiaklammer.org
03:18s
In each of the participating countries, a series of performances will be staged in which up to 100 people can take part. The performances enable individual experiences through the interaction of cognitive and
physical experiences within a defined framework. Each participant receives a white full-body suit, a balloon and choreographic instructions. Part of the performance is the recording and presentation
of the process resulting in a video artwork.
All performances are to take place at special locations that can only be found in the target region and are sought out in advance together with local volunteers, partners and institutions.
The selection is based on certain criteria: On the one hand, there are "lost places" that were once used commercially or industrially and are currently left to their own devices, scarred by these interventions. On the other hand, they are idyllic places of longing where nature is seemingly untouched.
https://lydiaklammer.org
JR - THE PAST GOES FAST
11:13s
In The Past Goes Fast, Robert De Niro opens the doors of his father’s studio, preserved for almost thirty years, to JR. He discusses his complex relationship with his father, Robert De Niro Sr (1922-1993), an abstract expressionist painter.
https://www.jr-art.net/
11:13s
In The Past Goes Fast, Robert De Niro opens the doors of his father’s studio, preserved for almost thirty years, to JR. He discusses his complex relationship with his father, Robert De Niro Sr (1922-1993), an abstract expressionist painter.
https://www.jr-art.net/
DAGMARA BUGAJ - TREEING
01:12s
The work "TREEing" is an extraordinary artistic experiment that provokes reflection on the contemporary state of reality. In an increasingly complex world where the boundaries between the digital and physical realms blur into ambiguity, this work raises questions about our perception, memory, and identity.
By merging nature with new spheres of perception, im trying to embeds viewers in surreal landscapes where reality becomes malleable and elastic. The fading boundaries between the physical and virtual open up space for reflection on how we store and process memories and experiences. "TREEing" raises the question of how we can preserve and transform the richness of our experiences into human experience.
www.instagram.com/_dagmar_a/
01:12s
The work "TREEing" is an extraordinary artistic experiment that provokes reflection on the contemporary state of reality. In an increasingly complex world where the boundaries between the digital and physical realms blur into ambiguity, this work raises questions about our perception, memory, and identity.
By merging nature with new spheres of perception, im trying to embeds viewers in surreal landscapes where reality becomes malleable and elastic. The fading boundaries between the physical and virtual open up space for reflection on how we store and process memories and experiences. "TREEing" raises the question of how we can preserve and transform the richness of our experiences into human experience.
www.instagram.com/_dagmar_a/
LEANDROS MARIOS BASTEAS - PHOSPHENE
A short film by Leandros X Aurora delves into the brilliance of synthesizing the abstraction of memory. We tend to reshape and forge all those missing particles of our memory with internal empirical tools so that we can inhabit them. The event that caused the memory to act and absorb remains distant, yet we get marked by its grip, which burns onto us for as long as it can hold on. We collect those thousand broken pieces, put them back in the kiln, and turn them round and round until they become something solid again. But is it the same? Can you ever be truly sure? Or is this solid star forever temporary? Until broken once again. Melted down. Dissolved Forgotten.
www.instagram.com/leandros.marios/
A short film by Leandros X Aurora delves into the brilliance of synthesizing the abstraction of memory. We tend to reshape and forge all those missing particles of our memory with internal empirical tools so that we can inhabit them. The event that caused the memory to act and absorb remains distant, yet we get marked by its grip, which burns onto us for as long as it can hold on. We collect those thousand broken pieces, put them back in the kiln, and turn them round and round until they become something solid again. But is it the same? Can you ever be truly sure? Or is this solid star forever temporary? Until broken once again. Melted down. Dissolved Forgotten.
www.instagram.com/leandros.marios/
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FENIA KOTSOPOULOU - 50.000 TOUCHES [Excerpt #7]
13:07s
This is the seventh cumulative excerpt from the ongoing experimental film project “50,000 TOUCHES” (2022-) on the poetics and politics of love, friendship, touch, and intimacy in relation to self and other, through the means of alternative image making, performance for/with camera, and animation.
The main ambition and challenge of this work lies with devoted attentiveness and deep commitment to a long and slow creative process during which the aim is to hand-develop 50,000 frames (only then the project can be considered completed), using a range of alternative image making techniques- in and out of the darkroom- such as cyanotypes, gelatin silver print, chemigrams, chlorophyll prints, anthotypes, image transfers, lumens, hybrid techniques, as well as super8 analogue film. Oscillating between digital and analogue methods, the frames are developed and re-assembled before being edited to shape an audio-visual poetic journey of a non-linear narrative unfolding through time.
In a process that matters more than the final product, the gaze navigates through the cracks of the body, the mind, and the soul; in search of (un)told stories, deep desires, and dreams that yearn to emerge from the subconscious.
Credits:
Performance/filming/image processing/sound/editing: Fenia Kotsopoulou
Featuring: Ash McNaughton, Emily Welther, Enok Ripley, Irina Baldini, Leonora Lax, Marcel Sparmann, Sara Simeoni.
Locations: Lincoln (UK), Venice (IT).
13:07s
This is the seventh cumulative excerpt from the ongoing experimental film project “50,000 TOUCHES” (2022-) on the poetics and politics of love, friendship, touch, and intimacy in relation to self and other, through the means of alternative image making, performance for/with camera, and animation.
The main ambition and challenge of this work lies with devoted attentiveness and deep commitment to a long and slow creative process during which the aim is to hand-develop 50,000 frames (only then the project can be considered completed), using a range of alternative image making techniques- in and out of the darkroom- such as cyanotypes, gelatin silver print, chemigrams, chlorophyll prints, anthotypes, image transfers, lumens, hybrid techniques, as well as super8 analogue film. Oscillating between digital and analogue methods, the frames are developed and re-assembled before being edited to shape an audio-visual poetic journey of a non-linear narrative unfolding through time.
In a process that matters more than the final product, the gaze navigates through the cracks of the body, the mind, and the soul; in search of (un)told stories, deep desires, and dreams that yearn to emerge from the subconscious.
Credits:
Performance/filming/image processing/sound/editing: Fenia Kotsopoulou
Featuring: Ash McNaughton, Emily Welther, Enok Ripley, Irina Baldini, Leonora Lax, Marcel Sparmann, Sara Simeoni.
Locations: Lincoln (UK), Venice (IT).
KHALIL CHARIF & CRISTINA AMIRAN - EXPONENTIALS
03:27s
Through different languages, this experimental work uses sound and visual poetry, presenting images with a non-linear flow of words in a context of exponential equations, making integrated use of the word, the meaning of the word, and the sound of the word.
www.khalilcharif.com/
03:27s
Through different languages, this experimental work uses sound and visual poetry, presenting images with a non-linear flow of words in a context of exponential equations, making integrated use of the word, the meaning of the word, and the sound of the word.
www.khalilcharif.com/
EUGENIA GRAMMENOU - THE BRIGHT AND THE DARK SIDE OF EXCEPTIONS
03:28s
“Communications technologies and biotechnologies are the key tools that rebuild our bodies. These tools embody and enforce new social relations for women around the world." Donna Haraway wrote.
In the video performance «The bright and the dark side of exceptions», we see a body "thrown" in the city. The body as a meta-object tries to listen to the urban fabric. The body as a unit of measurement of humanity. In an age where digital environments impose themselves on the body. Digital worlds turn the body into a meta-object and claim its existence and non-existence. The paradoxical body tries to listen to the loneliness of the city to listen to its pulse. A body in another rhythm, a meta-body in a parallel space and time. A body try to define how the transedental of the city is hidden in every day images. It indicates the paradox of the post humanity era where the mystical has been exile but the visible seems not real.
https://eugeniagrammenou.com/
03:28s
“Communications technologies and biotechnologies are the key tools that rebuild our bodies. These tools embody and enforce new social relations for women around the world." Donna Haraway wrote.
In the video performance «The bright and the dark side of exceptions», we see a body "thrown" in the city. The body as a meta-object tries to listen to the urban fabric. The body as a unit of measurement of humanity. In an age where digital environments impose themselves on the body. Digital worlds turn the body into a meta-object and claim its existence and non-existence. The paradoxical body tries to listen to the loneliness of the city to listen to its pulse. A body in another rhythm, a meta-body in a parallel space and time. A body try to define how the transedental of the city is hidden in every day images. It indicates the paradox of the post humanity era where the mystical has been exile but the visible seems not real.
https://eugeniagrammenou.com/
ATHINA KANELA - TIME COLLAPSE
03:39s
“Communications technologies and biotechnologies are the key tools that rebuild our bodies. These tools embody and enforce new social relations for women around the world." Donna Haraway wrote.
www.instagram.com/athinakanela/
03:39s
“Communications technologies and biotechnologies are the key tools that rebuild our bodies. These tools embody and enforce new social relations for women around the world." Donna Haraway wrote.
www.instagram.com/athinakanela/
YANA BACHYNSKA - MY GRANDFATHER'S SKIN
04:45s
Some of the repressed stories of my ancestors can be rediscovered by me and used to better understand who I am. All the stories, which were repressed, are often repeated. Respectively, we may go from the specific to the general. I want to go back to the forgotten so as not to repeat it again and to see the reasons for our current state. Knowing the reasons, we will be able to accept reality and change it.
https://www.yanabachynska.com/
04:45s
Some of the repressed stories of my ancestors can be rediscovered by me and used to better understand who I am. All the stories, which were repressed, are often repeated. Respectively, we may go from the specific to the general. I want to go back to the forgotten so as not to repeat it again and to see the reasons for our current state. Knowing the reasons, we will be able to accept reality and change it.
https://www.yanabachynska.com/
FRAN ORALLO - SORROW
01:55s
The work consists of a video glitch that shows a distorted body making dramatic movements. The project questions the idea of identity and identification with one's own body, showing a disjuncture when it comes to representation. The video is collected within the field of self-portrait since the body represented is the artist's own body.
https://franorallo.wixsite.com/video
01:55s
The work consists of a video glitch that shows a distorted body making dramatic movements. The project questions the idea of identity and identification with one's own body, showing a disjuncture when it comes to representation. The video is collected within the field of self-portrait since the body represented is the artist's own body.
https://franorallo.wixsite.com/video
VIKTORIA HEISER - ZERO, UNTIL YOU BEGIN TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE
08:00s
This film examines a widespread phenomenon that originated in the second half of the 20th century: the advertising of products based on what they do not contain. Inspired by the ideas of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek, the project considers the “advertisement of absence” as a form of language that reminds us of what we lack, of our void, and offers us a direct replacement. In essence, this video work serves as a means to understand our consumption habits by pointing out the marketing strategy that focuses on our lacks.
https://viktoriaheiser.com/
08:00s
This film examines a widespread phenomenon that originated in the second half of the 20th century: the advertising of products based on what they do not contain. Inspired by the ideas of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek, the project considers the “advertisement of absence” as a form of language that reminds us of what we lack, of our void, and offers us a direct replacement. In essence, this video work serves as a means to understand our consumption habits by pointing out the marketing strategy that focuses on our lacks.
https://viktoriaheiser.com/
DANIELA LUCATO - TO MAHSA
02:20s
"To Mahsa" is an experimental work made after the tragic death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. A tempt of solidarity with the women of Iran and with any woman who fights for freedom and human rights.
I decided to create this work because Mahsa Amini's death was shocking to me. I read every day the news about Iran and my heart was broken. Then there was Hadis Najafi and how many other women and men murdered or disappeared? My son saw me crying while reading this news and I decided that I had to do something more instead. I had to do what I could with my work to bring attention to these facts. I confess that at first I was afraid to show this work. In Europe I can raise my voice without consequences, and that seemed unfair, it made my work meaningless. But I wanted to use my closeness to the women who are fighting every day for their rights and for whom being free can cost their lives to give them strength and to tell them that each of their gestures has tremendous force.
https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/network/member/DanielaL/portfolio/
02:20s
"To Mahsa" is an experimental work made after the tragic death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini. A tempt of solidarity with the women of Iran and with any woman who fights for freedom and human rights.
I decided to create this work because Mahsa Amini's death was shocking to me. I read every day the news about Iran and my heart was broken. Then there was Hadis Najafi and how many other women and men murdered or disappeared? My son saw me crying while reading this news and I decided that I had to do something more instead. I had to do what I could with my work to bring attention to these facts. I confess that at first I was afraid to show this work. In Europe I can raise my voice without consequences, and that seemed unfair, it made my work meaningless. But I wanted to use my closeness to the women who are fighting every day for their rights and for whom being free can cost their lives to give them strength and to tell them that each of their gestures has tremendous force.
https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/network/member/DanielaL/portfolio/
JEAN-MICHEL ROLLAND - SOUVENIRS
03:15s
Souvenirs is a series of 6 photovideographies (photographs that transform over time to become works of video art) whose deconstruction of the image reminds us of the fluctuating nature of our memory.
Raouf, François, Kayvan, Céline, girls I met in Tokyo - or even myself in the grip of a strong emotion - are all personal memories encoded in digital format whose tangible character seems to me questionable today: a simple movement of pixels would be enough to make them fall into abstraction.
http://franetjim.free.fr/index.html
03:15s
Souvenirs is a series of 6 photovideographies (photographs that transform over time to become works of video art) whose deconstruction of the image reminds us of the fluctuating nature of our memory.
Raouf, François, Kayvan, Céline, girls I met in Tokyo - or even myself in the grip of a strong emotion - are all personal memories encoded in digital format whose tangible character seems to me questionable today: a simple movement of pixels would be enough to make them fall into abstraction.
http://franetjim.free.fr/index.html
MASH - CLEAN CAPITALISM
05:34s
I ASKED SIRI WHAT MY I PHONE IS MADE OF.
A video art piece created by collecting fragments in a 5 month period.
February 5th 2024, 21:50
A cinematic view of people cleaning a random Apple Store in Berlin, shot from the inside of a bar. February 8th 2024, 16:27
A random boat floating -carrying what exactly?- in Hamburg, Germany's largest port and one of the busiest in Europe.
April 24th 2024, 9:59
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products.
May 17th 2024, 17:20
A video showing people boycotting the Apple Store in Berlin appears on social media platforms. Red paint, "Free Congo".
Written, directed and produced by MASH
www.instagram.com/mash.company/
05:34s
I ASKED SIRI WHAT MY I PHONE IS MADE OF.
A video art piece created by collecting fragments in a 5 month period.
February 5th 2024, 21:50
A cinematic view of people cleaning a random Apple Store in Berlin, shot from the inside of a bar. February 8th 2024, 16:27
A random boat floating -carrying what exactly?- in Hamburg, Germany's largest port and one of the busiest in Europe.
April 24th 2024, 9:59
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo accused Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products.
May 17th 2024, 17:20
A video showing people boycotting the Apple Store in Berlin appears on social media platforms. Red paint, "Free Congo".
Written, directed and produced by MASH
www.instagram.com/mash.company/
ZHANNA GLADKO - WAVES OF FUTURE
03:00s
The artist used the key slogans and manifestos of recent times that have become characteristic of the protest movement in different countries. By juxtaposing two different sides of the information space – the artist also used expressions, phrases from the world media headlines that cover all these events.
https://gladko.org/
03:00s
The artist used the key slogans and manifestos of recent times that have become characteristic of the protest movement in different countries. By juxtaposing two different sides of the information space – the artist also used expressions, phrases from the world media headlines that cover all these events.
https://gladko.org/
AUGUSTO CALÇADA - SELFIE-DESTRUCTION
04:50s
In the spectacle of life, our main character emerges: a devotee to their own image, entirely focused on crafting perfection, not caring about all the chaos, suffering and catastrophe around them. How far will the red carpet of uselessness go in the age of filters and likes? Selfie-destruction encourages us to question not only our relationship with technology, but also our stance towards social injustices, such as those perpetrated by dictatorial regimes, police abuses and wars around the world.
www.augustocalcada.com
04:50s
In the spectacle of life, our main character emerges: a devotee to their own image, entirely focused on crafting perfection, not caring about all the chaos, suffering and catastrophe around them. How far will the red carpet of uselessness go in the age of filters and likes? Selfie-destruction encourages us to question not only our relationship with technology, but also our stance towards social injustices, such as those perpetrated by dictatorial regimes, police abuses and wars around the world.
www.augustocalcada.com
GIOTA SIAPKA - WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
02:36s
The passage from nature to the industrialization of the place. The production line is non-stop. Pattern that repeats itself. An assembly route to the final product. Organic and industrial matter. Cultivation, harvesting, processing, ripening, production of wine. A linear course of evolution where through continuous transformations, elements of nature and technology are involved, combine, penetrate each other, collide and create a state of inner meditation, seeking catharsis, completion and wholeness.
www.instagram.com/gsiapka
02:36s
The passage from nature to the industrialization of the place. The production line is non-stop. Pattern that repeats itself. An assembly route to the final product. Organic and industrial matter. Cultivation, harvesting, processing, ripening, production of wine. A linear course of evolution where through continuous transformations, elements of nature and technology are involved, combine, penetrate each other, collide and create a state of inner meditation, seeking catharsis, completion and wholeness.
www.instagram.com/gsiapka
MATTEO CAMPULLA - AN ETERNAL IDLENESS
03:11s
A realistic digital replica of the artist questions himself about how much virtual life is better than the real one in a succession of thoughts and reasoning that will lead him to give up his earthly body to be just a digital electric body, with nothing in his head and all the time to do nothing.
www.matteocampulla.com/
03:11s
A realistic digital replica of the artist questions himself about how much virtual life is better than the real one in a succession of thoughts and reasoning that will lead him to give up his earthly body to be just a digital electric body, with nothing in his head and all the time to do nothing.
www.matteocampulla.com/
STEFANIA PATRIKIOU - THE VALUE OF TIME
05:59s
The slow revelation of the chemically processed image on photosensitive paper bestows something of the old value of time. A time when we weren't rushing to see the final image, a time when we dedicated time and thought to viewing a work. The process of revelation, as well as the final image itself, takes on different interpretations for each individual. Sometimes hidden and sometimes clear ideas emerge from the chemical processes that take place in the human brain during the perception of a stimulus, which in this case is the watching of a video or a photosensitive surface. The proposition consists of a video, during which four photographic papers that are exposed to sunlight are recorded in real time. Each paper gradually changes color as it is exposed to natural light until it fades completely. The intention of the work relates to the effort to visualize Absence, the individual, the being that is no longer present, but there are artificial or real signs of its past existence. What is the image of a dead tree and how will we remember it? What is the form of a memory and what colors does it contain?
https://stefaniapatrikiou.wixsite.com/portfolio
05:59s
The slow revelation of the chemically processed image on photosensitive paper bestows something of the old value of time. A time when we weren't rushing to see the final image, a time when we dedicated time and thought to viewing a work. The process of revelation, as well as the final image itself, takes on different interpretations for each individual. Sometimes hidden and sometimes clear ideas emerge from the chemical processes that take place in the human brain during the perception of a stimulus, which in this case is the watching of a video or a photosensitive surface. The proposition consists of a video, during which four photographic papers that are exposed to sunlight are recorded in real time. Each paper gradually changes color as it is exposed to natural light until it fades completely. The intention of the work relates to the effort to visualize Absence, the individual, the being that is no longer present, but there are artificial or real signs of its past existence. What is the image of a dead tree and how will we remember it? What is the form of a memory and what colors does it contain?
https://stefaniapatrikiou.wixsite.com/portfolio
LEO KATUNARIC KADELE - MEMORY IS HOPE FOR UNSTABLE GOD
03:51s
LK KADELE opposes the will of Artificial Intelligence to reduce human personality to six basic information points. The machine exploits six basic human feelings to create human-acceptable memories. The artist negotiates with the Machine using his visual memories recorded in various parts of the world. We see seemingly unrelated scenes from Japan, India, Colombia, Croatia, etc. To machine intelligence, it seems dysfunctional and purposeless. But it is about acts of creating memories in different ways in different human societies. The artist uses the form of circulation of images and memories, which is a trend on social networks, in order to force Artificial Intelligence to cooperate. Thus, six common interfaces are created, visualized with 3D technology, which are shared memories of the machine and man. They remain forever memorized in digital archives, as strange shared objects of memory. They are called:
Art_Is_War
Am_I_They
Love_Love_Love
Genetic_Erotic
Machine_Loves_You
My_Data_KIllers
https://vimeo.com/user5747744
03:51s
LK KADELE opposes the will of Artificial Intelligence to reduce human personality to six basic information points. The machine exploits six basic human feelings to create human-acceptable memories. The artist negotiates with the Machine using his visual memories recorded in various parts of the world. We see seemingly unrelated scenes from Japan, India, Colombia, Croatia, etc. To machine intelligence, it seems dysfunctional and purposeless. But it is about acts of creating memories in different ways in different human societies. The artist uses the form of circulation of images and memories, which is a trend on social networks, in order to force Artificial Intelligence to cooperate. Thus, six common interfaces are created, visualized with 3D technology, which are shared memories of the machine and man. They remain forever memorized in digital archives, as strange shared objects of memory. They are called:
Art_Is_War
Am_I_They
Love_Love_Love
Genetic_Erotic
Machine_Loves_You
My_Data_KIllers
https://vimeo.com/user5747744
PIERRE CHAUMONT - FOR A WHILE (THE STORY OF LOUKANIKOS)
02:39s
This work explores the story of Loukanikos, a dog who became the icon of the 2011 anti-austerity movement in Greece. In it, the protagonist allows us to see not only its uncanny place, historically and geographically, but the bond that it shares with all the other present individuals and their motivations.
www.pierrechaumont.com/
02:39s
This work explores the story of Loukanikos, a dog who became the icon of the 2011 anti-austerity movement in Greece. In it, the protagonist allows us to see not only its uncanny place, historically and geographically, but the bond that it shares with all the other present individuals and their motivations.
www.pierrechaumont.com/
ALFAPI, KARTHA & PRIMITIVE RAVE - KOUNA TO, KOUNA TO, SPASTO
05:35s
Ode to vandalism! Until the destruction of the existing, κούνα το κούνα το σπάστο*"
*(translated from greek) = shake it, shake it, breake it.
LEUNG MEE PING - SOUVENIRS DE CHOSES
01:50s
In the past three years, Hong Kong has been affected by Covid-19. At the same time, Hong Kong also has what is known as the "Umbrella Movement". As a result, many people have left, and small insects have slowly occupied those empty flats. The insects came closer, looked at each other, and were speechless. Then, it flew away again. This is the memory of the space where I have lived and the memory of future generations.
This work, “Souvenirs de Choses” (the Memory of Little Things), continues Kafka’s inquiry through a series of works depicting insects. Instead, I bring back the trivial “things”—flies, fleas, and corpses—and question the weight of their lives as we did at that moment in Hong Kong. My work depicts exaggerated and distorted proportions or focuses on tiny details, silently observing the universe of microorganisms. They prompt the audience to look at a spider in its dull, compound eyes, and occasionally measure the spherical geometry of insect’ wings, things move, stay still, and feel heavy or light. However, between the visible and the invisible, they involve here and there, the mundane and the sacred, the tininess and the immensity, taking actions and doing nothing, and touch upon the meanings of the existence and non-existence, and the real and virtual feeling as Hong Kong people does, to explore the boundless universe reflected by the microorganisms, and also construct a poetic allegory of time and being.
https://www.lmp.hk/
01:50s
In the past three years, Hong Kong has been affected by Covid-19. At the same time, Hong Kong also has what is known as the "Umbrella Movement". As a result, many people have left, and small insects have slowly occupied those empty flats. The insects came closer, looked at each other, and were speechless. Then, it flew away again. This is the memory of the space where I have lived and the memory of future generations.
This work, “Souvenirs de Choses” (the Memory of Little Things), continues Kafka’s inquiry through a series of works depicting insects. Instead, I bring back the trivial “things”—flies, fleas, and corpses—and question the weight of their lives as we did at that moment in Hong Kong. My work depicts exaggerated and distorted proportions or focuses on tiny details, silently observing the universe of microorganisms. They prompt the audience to look at a spider in its dull, compound eyes, and occasionally measure the spherical geometry of insect’ wings, things move, stay still, and feel heavy or light. However, between the visible and the invisible, they involve here and there, the mundane and the sacred, the tininess and the immensity, taking actions and doing nothing, and touch upon the meanings of the existence and non-existence, and the real and virtual feeling as Hong Kong people does, to explore the boundless universe reflected by the microorganisms, and also construct a poetic allegory of time and being.
https://www.lmp.hk/
NASIA KARATSIRAKI- KEEP THE MEMORY
04:06s
“Keep the Memory Defaulted” is a desktop screen recording video that attempts to describe the user's behavior towards a large digital file and the electronic device that is called upon to manage this interaction. The easy production, reproduction and post-production of digital files creates countless "bits" that are stored in clouds, motherboards, hard drives, usb sticks and sometimes cds. They are transferred from one electronic device to another, published on online platforms and change 'owner'. Some never manage to be filled, while others will never be able to be deleted again. Digital images, screenshots, memes, videos, reels, but also "invisible", inaccessible versions of these make up the corresponding photo albums of today. The "click" is both easy to use and very fast, which is now a key element of the daily experience in public and private places. Thus , useless files of huge sizes are created at uncontrollable speeds that are rarely referred to. In short, archiving has replaced collection.
www.instagram.com/nasiakt
04:06s
“Keep the Memory Defaulted” is a desktop screen recording video that attempts to describe the user's behavior towards a large digital file and the electronic device that is called upon to manage this interaction. The easy production, reproduction and post-production of digital files creates countless "bits" that are stored in clouds, motherboards, hard drives, usb sticks and sometimes cds. They are transferred from one electronic device to another, published on online platforms and change 'owner'. Some never manage to be filled, while others will never be able to be deleted again. Digital images, screenshots, memes, videos, reels, but also "invisible", inaccessible versions of these make up the corresponding photo albums of today. The "click" is both easy to use and very fast, which is now a key element of the daily experience in public and private places. Thus , useless files of huge sizes are created at uncontrollable speeds that are rarely referred to. In short, archiving has replaced collection.
www.instagram.com/nasiakt
MAURICIO SANHUEZA - SUSHI 2.0
01:00s
The video refers to the new technologies for facial recognition and how so many countries are building an all-seeing surveillance state. For this work I used a video editing application that allows me to work with different colors and types of glitch, both visual and sound. As well as using of personal video files.
01:00s
The video refers to the new technologies for facial recognition and how so many countries are building an all-seeing surveillance state. For this work I used a video editing application that allows me to work with different colors and types of glitch, both visual and sound. As well as using of personal video files.
HANA YOO - TANU
06:54s
A mystical being emerges from the depths of the river and sea, traversing the monumental landscapes of the city. In response to a controversial proposal by a far- right politician advocating for the privatization of the sea and whales under the guise of 'saving' them, the 'Tanu' project manifests slow resistance against extractivism and potential ecocide.
Tanu is re-imagined figure inspired by spiritual rite of Selk’nam, an indigenous grou from southern Patagonia(Tierra del Fuego). They were known to deeply connect with cetaceans, especially because finding a stranded whale conveys their temporary settlement and therefore a new generation. They are now considered extinct as a tribe, due to gold mining and the excessive farming in the 20 th Century which led to genocide of the Selk'nam.
Tanu's path eventually intersects with Malón de la Paz (Peace Incursion), an indigenous sit-in protest group from northwestern Argentina, Jujuy and Salta. This region is marked by large-scale lithium mining operations that have inflicted severe environmental contamination. Their 77 years of fight to reclaim their land continues with the spirit of Pachamama.
www.yoohana.net
06:54s
A mystical being emerges from the depths of the river and sea, traversing the monumental landscapes of the city. In response to a controversial proposal by a far- right politician advocating for the privatization of the sea and whales under the guise of 'saving' them, the 'Tanu' project manifests slow resistance against extractivism and potential ecocide.
Tanu is re-imagined figure inspired by spiritual rite of Selk’nam, an indigenous grou from southern Patagonia(Tierra del Fuego). They were known to deeply connect with cetaceans, especially because finding a stranded whale conveys their temporary settlement and therefore a new generation. They are now considered extinct as a tribe, due to gold mining and the excessive farming in the 20 th Century which led to genocide of the Selk'nam.
Tanu's path eventually intersects with Malón de la Paz (Peace Incursion), an indigenous sit-in protest group from northwestern Argentina, Jujuy and Salta. This region is marked by large-scale lithium mining operations that have inflicted severe environmental contamination. Their 77 years of fight to reclaim their land continues with the spirit of Pachamama.
www.yoohana.net
DANIEL O'TOOLE - THE EYE OF BUTTERFLY
04:56s
Beyond the spectrum of visible light (between approximately 380 and 750 nanometers), there exists a very broad range of electromagnetic radiation that the human eye cannot perceive. In this parallel reality, filled with colors impossible for humans, some animal species navigate using infrared or ultraviolet vision. The vibrant world of these beings extends far beyond the limits of human perception. It is likely that we will never be able to see or describe the world as seen by Papilio xuthus (yellow Asian butterfly), hummingbirds, or mantis shrimp (so-called boxing shrimp).
Daniel O'Toole draws inspiration from the Light and Space movement in his work and explores the phenomenon of synesthesia. His artistic practice typically involves combining digital and analog tools. In The Eye of Butterfly, using immersive technology and the accessible for humans range of the rainbow spectrum , the artist weaves an imaginative portrayal of a colorful reality beyond the visual range of our species.
www.danielotoole.com.au/
04:56s
Beyond the spectrum of visible light (between approximately 380 and 750 nanometers), there exists a very broad range of electromagnetic radiation that the human eye cannot perceive. In this parallel reality, filled with colors impossible for humans, some animal species navigate using infrared or ultraviolet vision. The vibrant world of these beings extends far beyond the limits of human perception. It is likely that we will never be able to see or describe the world as seen by Papilio xuthus (yellow Asian butterfly), hummingbirds, or mantis shrimp (so-called boxing shrimp).
Daniel O'Toole draws inspiration from the Light and Space movement in his work and explores the phenomenon of synesthesia. His artistic practice typically involves combining digital and analog tools. In The Eye of Butterfly, using immersive technology and the accessible for humans range of the rainbow spectrum , the artist weaves an imaginative portrayal of a colorful reality beyond the visual range of our species.
www.danielotoole.com.au/
YIANNIS PAPPAS - ATHENA’S THYMIAMA
03:17s
The work unfolds within the Temple of Athena in Herakleia, Turkey, inspired by Orphic hymns, explores Athena's divine presence. Athena's triumph with the olive tree symbolises her grace and I implore her to save the olive trees of her land from mining, fire and climate change. She stands as a beacon of compassion in the midst of indifference.
https://yiannispappas.com/
03:17s
The work unfolds within the Temple of Athena in Herakleia, Turkey, inspired by Orphic hymns, explores Athena's divine presence. Athena's triumph with the olive tree symbolises her grace and I implore her to save the olive trees of her land from mining, fire and climate change. She stands as a beacon of compassion in the midst of indifference.
https://yiannispappas.com/
PATRICIA ENCARNACION - ENDEZO
01:23s
In Haitian Kreyòl, “to live between two waters” is one word, Endezo, and I find that beautiful.
The Scholar Jerry Philogene expressed “living in endezo – that in-between space, the hyphen, the space of negotiation.”
Does the diaspora is in the other side of the hyphen? Or is the hyphen itself?
The motherland is on the other side of the sentence, regardless of the diaspora positionally.
Will I always be living in Endezo?
The in-between waters feel shallower with time.
The Concept of “Endezo” in Haitian Kreyòl and its Significance in Understanding the Diaspora
In Haitian Kreyòl, the term “Endezo” represents the idea of “living between two waters” encapsulated in a single word, which conveys a sense of beauty and complexity. Scholar Jerry Philogene has articulated the significance of “living in endezo” as the experience of occupying an “in-between space,” analogous to a hyphen, wherein negotiations take place.
One could question whether the diaspora is situated on the other side of the hyphen or if the hyphen itself embodies the in-between space. Irrespective of the diaspora’s positional location, the motherland exists on the other side of the sentence, emphasizing its distinctness from the in-between space.
This concept of “Endezo” in Haitian Kreyòl and the notion of an in-between space offer valuable insights into the experiences of the diaspora, shedding light on the complexities and negotiations involved in navigating multiple cultural and societal contexts.
www.patriciaencarnacion.com/
01:23s
In Haitian Kreyòl, “to live between two waters” is one word, Endezo, and I find that beautiful.
The Scholar Jerry Philogene expressed “living in endezo – that in-between space, the hyphen, the space of negotiation.”
Does the diaspora is in the other side of the hyphen? Or is the hyphen itself?
The motherland is on the other side of the sentence, regardless of the diaspora positionally.
Will I always be living in Endezo?
The in-between waters feel shallower with time.
The Concept of “Endezo” in Haitian Kreyòl and its Significance in Understanding the Diaspora
In Haitian Kreyòl, the term “Endezo” represents the idea of “living between two waters” encapsulated in a single word, which conveys a sense of beauty and complexity. Scholar Jerry Philogene has articulated the significance of “living in endezo” as the experience of occupying an “in-between space,” analogous to a hyphen, wherein negotiations take place.
One could question whether the diaspora is situated on the other side of the hyphen or if the hyphen itself embodies the in-between space. Irrespective of the diaspora’s positional location, the motherland exists on the other side of the sentence, emphasizing its distinctness from the in-between space.
This concept of “Endezo” in Haitian Kreyòl and the notion of an in-between space offer valuable insights into the experiences of the diaspora, shedding light on the complexities and negotiations involved in navigating multiple cultural and societal contexts.
www.patriciaencarnacion.com/
FANI ARAPI - FAILURE RECORD
01:00s
In ancient Greece, the olive wreath was the greatest distinction for every athlete and for every ordinary citizen (the verb "to crown" was a synonym for "to reward").
In modern society, man as a "runner" runs his own race for survival and the efficiency of his achievements. The couch as an object of comfort is transformed through on-the-spot running into a new podium, a playing field without real victory. Combining elements such as paradox and satire, the emphasis is on the separation between success and performance. In an age where an excessive focus on achievement and progress makes man a production machine towards social acclaim and acceptance, new ways of redefining the individual's self-realization are sought.
https://www.instagram.com/fani_arapi
01:00s
In ancient Greece, the olive wreath was the greatest distinction for every athlete and for every ordinary citizen (the verb "to crown" was a synonym for "to reward").
In modern society, man as a "runner" runs his own race for survival and the efficiency of his achievements. The couch as an object of comfort is transformed through on-the-spot running into a new podium, a playing field without real victory. Combining elements such as paradox and satire, the emphasis is on the separation between success and performance. In an age where an excessive focus on achievement and progress makes man a production machine towards social acclaim and acceptance, new ways of redefining the individual's self-realization are sought.
https://www.instagram.com/fani_arapi
LABRINI RIZAKI - TRINITY
07:14s
“An international group of scientists has recommended that the fateful Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, be considered the dawn of the Anthropocene era.”
This project began as a personal exploration between urban European centers and the Balkan countryside. Throughout this journey,the absence of the human body emerged as a significant theme. The expansive practices that modern humans have developed seem to obliterate what is familiar to us, leaving behind uncanny landscapes that commit to a new dimension of their own. Viewers are invited to explore this new dimension through the documentation of meeting points where industrial elements intersect with the natural landscape. These are abandoned spaces that were once useful, but as soon as their utility ended, they were left alone. They serve as reminders of the role that everything, and all of us,play in a harsh production system. The gradual deconstruction that occurs in the image symbolically leads to the fragmentation of reality as we knew it.
https://lrza.weebly.com/
07:14s
“An international group of scientists has recommended that the fateful Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, be considered the dawn of the Anthropocene era.”
This project began as a personal exploration between urban European centers and the Balkan countryside. Throughout this journey,the absence of the human body emerged as a significant theme. The expansive practices that modern humans have developed seem to obliterate what is familiar to us, leaving behind uncanny landscapes that commit to a new dimension of their own. Viewers are invited to explore this new dimension through the documentation of meeting points where industrial elements intersect with the natural landscape. These are abandoned spaces that were once useful, but as soon as their utility ended, they were left alone. They serve as reminders of the role that everything, and all of us,play in a harsh production system. The gradual deconstruction that occurs in the image symbolically leads to the fragmentation of reality as we knew it.
https://lrza.weebly.com/
MARINA TSIRONI - WEIGHT OF REMEMBERANCE
02:57s
Based on John Bowlby's theory, the concepts of "bonding" and "mourning" are are inextricably linked. Mourning is presented as a developmental process in which the individual is called upon to re-establish a secure basis for perceiving life and and self, similar to the one he made in the early stages of his life, when he was 'bound' to the figure of the caregiver. In the same way, the person who loses an 'attachment' goes through through four stages in order to find himself again in a state of inner balance. The weight of remembrance deals with the notion of loss, of memory and the embodiment of a memory as a weight and connection between the individual and the experience of mourning. The body is presented as a container of memories which is unable to displace itself in space, but only manages to pulsate around the periphery of itself, not unable to escape the fragments of the experiences it has shared. As a result he allows external and internal stimuli to drift him into a circular orbit, which which allows him to remain in his experience but also to move away to a certain extent from the thoughts of his own mind. In this way it is relieved and grows around the thorn that hurts it, but without being able to stop their common course.
/www.instagram.com/marina_tsironi/
02:57s
Based on John Bowlby's theory, the concepts of "bonding" and "mourning" are are inextricably linked. Mourning is presented as a developmental process in which the individual is called upon to re-establish a secure basis for perceiving life and and self, similar to the one he made in the early stages of his life, when he was 'bound' to the figure of the caregiver. In the same way, the person who loses an 'attachment' goes through through four stages in order to find himself again in a state of inner balance. The weight of remembrance deals with the notion of loss, of memory and the embodiment of a memory as a weight and connection between the individual and the experience of mourning. The body is presented as a container of memories which is unable to displace itself in space, but only manages to pulsate around the periphery of itself, not unable to escape the fragments of the experiences it has shared. As a result he allows external and internal stimuli to drift him into a circular orbit, which which allows him to remain in his experience but also to move away to a certain extent from the thoughts of his own mind. In this way it is relieved and grows around the thorn that hurts it, but without being able to stop their common course.
/www.instagram.com/marina_tsironi/
KATSUKI NOGAMI - SCULPTING THE GHOST WITHIN BODY'S MEMORY
04:04s
A VR essay that reproduces the memory of the body. AI recreates the scene of the day by generating images from the text of the diary and compares them with the actual photographic memories.
https://katsukinogami.co/
04:04s
A VR essay that reproduces the memory of the body. AI recreates the scene of the day by generating images from the text of the diary and compares them with the actual photographic memories.
https://katsukinogami.co/
AYSHIA MÜEZZIN & DANIELE BONGIOVANNI - SCULPTING THE GHOST WITHIN BODY'S MEMORY
02:00s
OrbiLux by Ayshia Müezzin & Daniele Bongiovanni explores the fusion of physical & digital realms through multi-layering, CG characters, & conceptual painting, reflecting on presence in a tech-dominated era. It seamlessly fits the exhibition's theme of interconnection & challenges in navigating digital and physical presences.
www.danielebongiovanni.com/
02:00s
OrbiLux by Ayshia Müezzin & Daniele Bongiovanni explores the fusion of physical & digital realms through multi-layering, CG characters, & conceptual painting, reflecting on presence in a tech-dominated era. It seamlessly fits the exhibition's theme of interconnection & challenges in navigating digital and physical presences.
www.danielebongiovanni.com/