"You traitors, collaborators, you that have sold the land of those who are not even born yet, you liars ... in the name of Hassan Sabbah". William Burroughs, Nova Express.
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"We want to be near our customers and although currently there is some discontinuity in the market, we are proud to offer the best products and the best prices." A journal of a insane adiction, a journey into the dawn of internet and lingo desert. Cd rom_interactive 1995_1998 Barcelona. Collaborations: IUA Pompeu Fabra, Oigo Voces, Joan Leandre, J M Palmeiro R, Xavi Hurtado.
Dusty Egyptian songs, found and lost. Some papers flying in the wind in an alley in Tangiers, the dance of the ephemeral, the fragility of the moment. Newspapers, plastic bags, tissues, all of them destined to disappear. But contemplation collapsesthe time of the instant and opens a door to another place without measure. Here it is the eternal dance of meetings and missed meetings; now between a newspaper and a plastic bag that touch each other, caught in a swirl of dust. The page of the newspaper opens, the bag capriciously comes to rest a moment on it, and they repeat the game, over and over. Someone passes by taking no notice of the scene, invisible without the state of contemplation. And there we feel that it is life that takes us, that carries us in its arms, that makes us find each other in the loss. All of the possibles and impossibles of our stories are there, luck is their need and chance is their destiny.... Tánger. Cover Agent: Zayd ibn Dawra.
The "Pirate Utopias and European Archives Renegades" present a silent report on CCTV-security cameras. A catalog of tragedies and ideas for the future.
An Archives research and edit on several audiovisual documents from various sources dealing with the old Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea, most of it created for information and educational purposes. Images that illustrate the colonial obsessions of the times: the idyllic image of Spain's civilizing task, nostalgia for imperial times, the sadistic element in the hunt for wild animals, the work of Christianisation, the militarization of a layer of the population in order to ensure the existence of “loyal natives”, the perpetuation of the African stereotype...
Open conversation with Toni Serra *) abu ali (OVNI Archives) and the authors of the videos of ACTE 34: The Other City: Marc Almodóvar, David Batlle and Giovanni Cioni, who will reflect on their works in particular and open discussion on the evolution of cities in the conflicts of global capitalism. Suñol Foudation, 3rd October, 2016.
The days of the Gulf War seen from the window of a television in Brooklyn.
From the series Fez Ciudad Interior. Silences and wind in the olive trees, contemplation, labyrinths and dreams. Abdelfettah Seffar, a craftsman who lived in London for years and decided to return, talks about Fez, a veiled city, and reflects of the West and its conflicts.
UntitledVideo made from a conversation recorded in the 70 in Mumbai (India) .. between a traveler and Nisarghadata Indian philosopher, author of "I am That", one of the most recent and important examples of Advaita Vedanta. Satsanga is a Sanskrit word, which means: (Sat = truth, reality, Sanga = company) describes in Indian philosophy: 1. in the company of truth. 2. company in reality 3. accompanied by an assembly of persons who listen, speak and assimilate reality. This practice also takes the form of hearing or reading scriptures, reflections, discussions and assimilating their meaning, meditating on the source of these words.
The Sures, Brooklyn New York. A solitary Puerto Rican preacher: "out vile demon! demon from hell abandon this body! Bless the good mother, Father baptise with fire, fire, fire!". Soundtrack: Barbara Held.
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