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Opening Vision_Santander

/ TONI SERRA *) ABU ALI

From La Vorágine and OVNI, we will offer 2 events

The Language of Birds

SANTANDER: Thursday, April 9 from 7:30 to 9:30

at the Santander headquarters of the Cantabria Film Library (c/ Bonifaz 6)

with a program of various video creations by our friend and colleague Toni Serra* ) Abu Ali

and the following day, we will present the book

Opening Vision. The Legacy of Toni Serra 

SANTANDER: Friday, April 10 from 7:30 to 9:30  

Editorial La Vorágine ( C. Cardenal Cisneros, 69, Santander )

Toni Serra *) Abu Ali was not only one of the most relevant authors and video artists of his generation, but also a co-founder of the Observatory of Unidentified Video. Above all, he was an explorer and seeker of light within a contemporary mysticism, accustomed to diving into the waters of audiovisual and poetic peripheries. His work and life bear witness to an attitude of honest commitment to our time.

The book Abrir la Visión brings together a collection of writings by collaborators, accomplices, and various friends from a rich and heterogeneous community. The intention was to weave voices together to trace a journey that crosses all kinds of spiritual and aesthetic landscapes: from Barcelona in the late eighties, we travel to New York in the nineties, and from there we walk toward Marrakech in the early two-thousands. Through his illustrations, Miguel Brieva gives form to this vital and artistic journey, endowing it with the tone of a legend that, paradoxically, feels very close.

The presentation of the book Abrir la Visión will be conducted by Rosa Llop, Simona Malatesta and Gabriel Villota .

The book has been published by La Vorágine and is now available for online purchase .

The Language of Birds

With Gabriel Villota , Rosa Llop and Simona Malatesta from OVNI

At the Cantabria Film Library / Free entry until full capacity

Pura Fe. USA-Spain, 1991. 7’.

Los Sures, Brooklyn, New York. A solitary Puerto Rican preacher.

Interzona, Spain, 1996, No dialogue 7’.

The search for light finds fire.

Minnesota 1943, Spain, 1996, No dialogue 7’.

In 1943, the University of Minnesota conducted, commissioned by the U.S. Army, a psychological test for the selection of officers.

Perro Corazón, Morocco, 1998, 29’, VOSE.

Conversations at Bar La Poste with Tangier writer Mohammed Chukri and New York poet Ira Cohen—stories of death, estrangement and loss under the mantle of friendship.

Dar al Ajira. Morocco, 2004 . VOSE. 5’.

Fate has the width of a span and a half, the width of a grave.

Opening Vision_Bilbao

/ TONI SERRA *) ABU ALI

From La Vorágine and OVNI, a new presentation of the book:

Abrir la visión. El legado de Toni Serra * ) Abu Ali

BILBAO: Wednesday, April 22 at 7:30 pm.

Llibreria ANTI (C. Dos de Mayo, 2 , Bilbao)

Toni Serra *) Abu Ali was not only one of the most relevant authors and video artists of his generation, but also a co-founder of the Observatory of Unidentified Video. Above all, he was an explorer and seeker of light within a contemporary mysticism, accustomed to diving into the waters of audiovisual and poetic peripheries. His work and life bear witness to an attitude of honest commitment to our time.

The book Abrir la Visión brings together a collection of writings by collaborators, accomplices, and various friends from a rich and heterogeneous community. The intention was to weave voices together to trace a journey that crosses all kinds of spiritual and aesthetic landscapes: from Barcelona in the late eighties, we travel to New York in the nineties, and from there we walk toward Marrakech in the early two-thousands. Through his illustrations, Miguel Brieva gives form to this vital and artistic journey, endowing it with the tone of a legend that, paradoxically, feels very close.

The presentation of the book Abrir la Visión will be conducted by Simona Malatesta and Gabriel Villota .

The book has been published by La Vorágine and is now available for online purchase .

/ TONI SERRA *) ABU ALI

Abrir la Visión. El legado de Toni Serra 

BARCELONA: Monday 24 November 7pm

La Central del Raval (C/ Elisabets, 6)

MADRID: Tuesday 2 December  7 pm

Librería Traficantes de sueños (C/ del Duque de Alba, 13) 

Toni Serra *) Abu Ali was not only one of the most relevant authors and video artists of his generation, but also a co-founder of the Observatory of Unidentified Video. Above all, he was an explorer and seeker of light within a contemporary mysticism, accustomed to diving into the waters of audiovisual and poetic peripheries. His work and life bear witness to an attitude of honest commitment to our time.

The book Abrir la Visión brings together a collection of writings by collaborators, accomplices, and various friends from a rich and heterogeneous community. The intention was to weave voices together to trace a journey that crosses all kinds of spiritual and aesthetic landscapes: from Barcelona in the late eighties, we travel to New York in the nineties, and from there we walk toward Marrakech in the early two-thousands. Through his illustrations, Miguel Brieva gives form to this vital and artistic journey, endowing it with the tone of a legend that, paradoxically, feels very close.

The presentation of the book Abrir la Visión will be conducted by its coordinators and editors, Palmar Álvarez-Blanco and Gabriel Villota , with the participation of the Observatory of Unidentified Video .

The book has been published by La Vorágine and is now available for online purchase You can buy it directly from their website and also through La Central Bookstore .

While the housing bubble was deflating across the US, an explosion of demolition and construction was steadily transforming Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Open House documents the brutal nature of the development spree which occurred as a result of the neighborhood's re-zoning from light manufacturing/residential to the loosening of codes that allowed for forty-story towers on the waterfront. This video chronicles a neighborhood being literally torn apart by outside developers capitalizing on a frenzied housing market, and locals under pressure to “sell out” while the price is right.

A promotional documentary by Yanapi, an NGO based in El Alto where it provides support to poor and disadvantaged teenagers. This documentary shows how 2000 euros a month are enough to support and feed 60 girls at risk of social exclusion, give work to 15 people, and help a group of mothers to set up their own cooperative.

"India´s Quest Films"..An exploration of the nature and possible outcomes of the crisis in contemporary India. One Weapon is a video about democracy in the 50th year of Indian independence.

The relation between politics and media is exposed. The American election campaign reduced to its essence: score! 3 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1996.

Our existence on this planet is precarious. This film exposes globalisation and the mantra of infinite growth in a finite world for what it really is: an environmental and human disaster. But across India marginal farmers are fighting back. By reviving an arcane form of agriculture, they are saving their poisoned lands and exposing the bio-colonialism of multinational corporations. One Man, One Cow, One Plant tells their story through the teachings of an expert in biodynamic agriculture, Peter Proctor, who teaches organic and biodynamic methods in India. This film is a model for a post-industrial future. The result of the battle for control of agriculture in India may dictate the future of the planet.