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United States of America.

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vo Brazilian Portuguese.

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United States of America.

Remembrance of Things Fas

United Kingdom (Great Britain).

United States of America.

Monitor A: Panorama Vídeo Marroquí

Hicham Benaini Rayeh ,

Equip Qu'Art el Jadida

Être oú N'est Pas être

Hillulah ou Mouseem Juif au Marroc

Noureddine Tilsaghani

Abdellatif Benfaidoul

Noureddine Tilsaghani

Quatre Cartes postales vídeo

Monitor B: Indian's Quest. (7 films de 30')

In the Eye of the Fish

Shuddhabrata Sengupta ,

One Journey Within (Sacred India)

Ferndale, Western Canyon, Los Angeles, is a portrait of an area of Griffith Park in LA. The work explores the contrast of ‘real' and ‘fake' places, and my thinking has been influenced by Baudrillard's concept of simulation. Ferndale is a constructed, watery oasis amongst the brittle aridity of Griffith Park, but is it any more of a simulation than the supposed wilderness of Griffith, or the city itself? In this work, each negative moving image is followed by a corresponding positive still. This is intended to estrange our perception of the positive image, and more importantly, to raise questions about the nature of the video image. Which is the most ‘realistic' or indexical image – the negative or positive? After all, the positive image is simply the result of the programming of video's processor, which is made to react to the signals from the CCD in a certain way, and to reconstruct from the data an image similar to that the eye might see. The positive image is as much a construct of computer processing as the ‘abnormal' negative image. In a way then the ‘normal' video image is a kind of simulacrum of human vision. Thus, the piece's subject matter extends into its formal qualities.

An initiatic journey Videos from an exhibition at the Centre de Cultura Comtemporània de Barcelona from March 26 to May 30, 2002 (a project by Albert Garcia-Espuche and Toni Serra). Into the innermost parts of the city of Fes.Using audiovisual recordings that illustrate some of the different anthropologic, sociologic, urbanistic and religious aspects that make up the fabric of the city. A journey that requires both objectivity (in the working method) and subjectivity (for the experience of the journey and immersion in another culture).

The biggest soccer event ever held on the African continent: the FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 in South Africa! Over a two year period ending with the Confederations Cup in Summer 2009, the film accompanies the excitement and the imagination created by a ball and the people who will make it happen! Passionate and colourful – a true warm-up for the football season! Three intriguing stories of very unique characters from different generations and social backgrounds and their aspirations between dreams and reality.

Publicado Quaderns-e, noviembre del 2011.

Quaderns-e ,

A journey of initiation into a city and a its culture. The set of projections (10 screens) aimed to create a journey in the complex sense of the term: using audiovisual segments to illustrate aspects of the anthropological, sociological, urban and religious tissues of the city. A journey claiming both: a certain objectivity (in the working method), and the subjectivity (of the travel experience and approach to another culture). Moreover, the projections do not meet the criteria of a film with a beginning and an end, but rather the creation of a landscape, so the viewer choosed the time he/she wished to dedicated to each fragment. This made it possible to enjoy a deeper level of inquiry to specific fragments (artisans, rituals interviews, etc.). Consequently, the result of each visit to the exhibition gave an unique combinatorial fragments, since the total length of the projections would be about 6 hours. VideoInstallation 10 screens total lenght: 6h 40' Toni Serra , Albert García Espuche CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 2002