EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL OSNABRUECK 2011 - Emaf

INTERNATIONAL SELECTION
HOUSE OF MIRRORS
NYX
Claire Hooper
Dort wo in der griechischen Mythologie die Erdmutter Gaia uns
den Topos der Stadt gibt, gibt uns Nyx, die Göttin der Nacht, den
inneren Raum. Die Nachkommen von Nyx, eine starke Gruppe,
verkörpert die menschlichen Erfahrungen wie Alter, Wut, Streit
und Freundschaft. Thanatos, der Gott des sanften Todes, sein
Zwilling Hypnos und seine Frau Pasithea, die Göttin der Halluzination,
beginnen die Odyssee von Kreuzberg mit der Linie U7
nach Spandau, der zum Strom Lethe wird, dem Fluss der Vergesslichkeit.
Der Name des Helden ist Furat, die arabische
Form von Euphetes, dem heiligen Fluss. Furat schläft im Zug,
betrunken nach einer Party, und findet sich in verschieden Teilen
West-Berlins wieder, wo er unmittelbar konfrontiert und
fasziniert ist von den unterschiedlichen Kindern der Nacht.
Where in Greek mythology, the earth mother Gaia gives us the
topos of the city, Nyx the goddess of the Night gives us the inner
realm. The progeny of Nyx, a potent crowd embodying human
experience, include old age, rage, strife and friendship.
Thanatos, the god of quiet death, his twin Hypnos and his wife
Pasithea, the goddess of hallucination, begin the Odyssian journey
of a young man from Kreuzberg along the U7 line to Spandau,
which becomes the river Lethe, the river of forgetfulness.
The hero’s name is Furat, the Arab form of Euphetes, the holy
river. Furat sleeps on the train, intoxicated after a party, and
finds himself in various parts of West Berlin in direct confrontation
with, or under the spell of, various Childs of The Night.
Claire Hooper, *1978, lives and works in London. She participated
in numerous exhibitions and screenings internationally. 2010
winner of The Baloise Art Prize.
�GB / D 2010, Video, 22:00
�Director Claire Hooper
�Effects Paul Simon Richards
�Sound Garip Özdem
�Music Beatrice Dillon,
additional music MC Rex & Eray Kaya
�Cast Furat Mohammad, Deniz Karagoz, Maria loboda,
Lisa Jugert, Aleksander Wawrzyniak, Cidem Topbas,
Eray Kaya, Ozan Aksu, Pau Lee Mildner, Andreas Schäfer,
Danielle Marie Shillingford a. o.
�Distribution LUX
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THESE HAMMERS
DON’T HURT US
Michael Robinson
Der Unterwelt und der Oberwelt gleichermaßen
überdrüssig, begleitet Isis ihren Lieblingssohn
bei dem letzten Auftritt auf dem
Nil, neonfarbige, zerbrochene Grabmäler und
funkelnde Sarkophage hinter sich lassend.
Eine psychedelische Hommage an zwei glamouröse,
außergewöhnliche Persönlichkeiten
des 20. Jahrhunderts, Liz Taylor und
Michael Jackson.
Tired of underworld and overworld alike, Isis
escorts her favorite son on their final curtain
call down the Nile, leaving a neon wake of
shattered tombs and sparkling sarcophagi.
A psychedelic homage focussing on two
glamorous spheric creatures of the 20th
century Liz Taylor and Michael Jackson
Since 2000, Michael Robinson has created a
body of film, video and photography work exploring
the poetics of loss and the dangers of
mediated experience. His work has screened
internationally both in solo and group shows.
He was listed as one of the top ten avantgarde
filmmakers of the 2000's by Film Comment
magazine. He is co-founder of Philadelphia’s
Small Change Film Series, and curated
programmes for San Francisco Cinematheque,
Cornell Cinema and The State Contemporary
Art Center in Moscow.
Originally from upstate NY, he holds a BFA
from Ithaca College, an MFA from the University
of Illinois at Chicago, and is currently a
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema at
Binghamton University.
�USA 2010, Video, 13:00
�Director, script, camera, editing,
animation Michael Robinson
�Distribution Michael Robinson