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The story of the circumstances in which Zoran matured as an artist, learning from the best. Zoran is a master at turning every seemingly difficult situation into an opportunity. And it does it all with incredible ease. His sculptures are alive. That is why the North American Indians gave him the Indian name Tunka Kitka - The man who awakens the stone.
Presents Alex Ross demonstrating how he creates arresting patterns of vivid color and how he uses acrylic paint on a textured media board.
The short film, A play for Public which is going to be a part of the graduation exhibition, is a poetic 25 minutes film meditating on the struggles of modern thought through the persona of a poet who is reflecting and responding to situations from three perspectives: a body, place and time. In this project, essentially, she has studied the contradictory and confusing situations that humans are experiencing as individuals in Neoliberal urban life.
The insurrection movement of a group of young eco-socialists, guided by a wolf, teenagers and other fantastic creatures.
a state that used religion to control the mass. the mass reduced politics to the personal (social and domestic). religious shrines became political. And political figures became the new god. meanwhile, lebanon is collapsing. in this film, we are roaming within the lebanon with three individuals that are living the consequences of a failed state.
Representing the rhythmic movement of leaves or petals in higher plants in response to the onset of diurnal changes in light, Nyctinasty emblematically translates these crucial movements of self-preservation and survival to echo the ways humans face the delicate balance between the physical world and the spiritual realm. This ‘in-between’ - a space operating on multiple frequencies, where spirits linger and the mind and body shift into a state that tethers life, death and afterlife together as one - revealing the unbroken link of communication between the two.
From tagging to piecing, this controversial documentary chronicles some of L.A.'s hottest graffitti writers and crews. Shot from a graffitti writers perspective, the question of whether it's art or vandalism is left for you to decide. Segments were featured on NBC News/Today Show.
In this interview with contemporary witnesses, painter and director Jürgen Böttcher talks about some stages of his professional career. This also includes his path to film art and his work at Deutsche Film AG (DEFA) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He also tells of his experiences during the shooting of films such as "Barfuß und ohne Hut", "Rangierer" and the documentary film "Jahrgang 45", once banned but finally re-released at the Berlinale 2015. During the conversation, questions about the difference and similarities between painting and film, the significance of music in film, Böttcher's preference for black and white, and his criteria for choosing topics for documentary film projects will be discussed.
A documentary that tells the story of five American Indian artists, the Urban Indian 5 (UI5), and their unique partnership.
Jack Henry Calverley's angry and frustrated reaction to the closing, demolition and rebirth as a parking garage that happened to the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak, MI.
In Bait, awkward parallels are drawn between environmental and sexual violence. Central is a range of anthropomorphous characters voicing their conflicting perspectives on consent and complicity. An adaptation of Millais' Ophelia comes back to life through karaoke. A white male default 3D avatar generates empty buzzwords to apologize for being involved in issues of harassment. A singing ensemble of oysters share their concerns about the abuse of power, allegorically hinting at their gendered, art-historical, and ecological connotations. The Aquatic Apes are depicted as otherworldly mid-evolution creatures with sexualized and animalistic features, and vocalized dolphin-like sounds translated into subtitles. Connecting all characters is the reference to water as a unifying element, exposing its undeniable sexual, biological, and environmental interpretations.
Born in Wyoming in 1912, Jackson Pollock became one of the most notorious artists that America ever produced. He developed a technique in which he would fix his canvas to the floor, drip and splash paint onto it, then use a variety of objects to manipulate the paint. With these innovative paintings, he became the front-runner of the Abstract Expressionist movement.
The Reflected Presence video work was a part of a site-specific installation in Maison Descartes, questioning power dynamics through spatial contexts of our built environments. A corner of a room is to be observed allowing spectators to catch the differences in the perception on the same corner before and after a female character is appearing. It feels like reflecting never ends, I absorb and reflect. One day I absorb, the next I reflect. And then, I meet you and I reflect on my yesterday’s absorption and now you absorb. It is the time to reflect on what I have been absorbing. Absorbing patriarchy. It was an empty corner just a second ago and the walls were just walls.
The film portrays the return to home and encounter with lost memories. Air Carnations explores the possibilities of filmmaking to put pieces together through the editing process. Researching different perspectives on the filmmaker’s childhood home in Chile, interviews with their mother and sister reveal complex family dynamics.
'Boezem's face appears on the screen, stares at the viewer, and begins to breathe on the picture tube. After some time passes, the image begins to blur through the moisture deposited and the artist disappears from sight for several moments. While the vapour clears Boezem keeps his gaze directed on the camera, motionless, until his face is again clearly visible.
Fifteen imaginative stable images in black, sepia, and white light. Serene and yet stimulating in spirit.
