Archival material is used to construct a family fable. A reflection on credibility and the possibilities of manipulating, reading and interpreting audio-visual "documents". 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Untitled“The sounds, instruments, songs and dances are signs of celebration and joy, a way of praising our God and asking for everything that we need in order to live joyfully”- San Andrés musician Sakamch'en. In this documentary, tzotzil elders talk about the meaning of their traditional music in the hope that the young people will take these traditions into their hearts. An example of the efforts of communities living in resistance to preserve the cultural identity of their people, even in the survival conditions that they are facing.
This film explores the lives of a refugee community, the Saharawis, whose land was stolen and they were condemned to live in a forgotten corner of the Sahara desert. The human face of this long struggle for independence is shown through a child called Hussein and his family.
UntitledHistorically, Cauca's indigenous movement has gone through times of war in which it was forced to use the right to civil violent resistance in response to attacks by armed groups. Now, it is a peaceful movement focused on respect for life and everything that makes it possible.
Untitled2 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1994.
A woman tells the story of her life. Moments of profound loss and precious encounters, against the backdrop of her mother's death.
UntitledI have been appropriating films as a readymade, a found object mined for personal, psychological, and sociocultural associations. In this project, I investigate my role as “myself” by playing several different personages. Living in this hyperreal world, it is almost impossible for us to hold 100% of our own copyright as original beings. I, as a very active consumer on pop culture, create this video work under the problematic status of my originality. In the copy culture, we create ourselves by using our own copy method. Our copies are degraded version of some idealized images, and which are enlarged, reduced, or converted to be customized. In any case, our originalities have hardly ever come from the pure creativity, but from the skill of copying and editing in this age of advanced mechanical reproduction. Under such circumstance, my life actually is like karaoke. I wonder if I have been subscribing the life scenario and just playing my given role... In this karaoke society, “I” seem to exist as a marionette, and am dancing and singing like the character in the Disneyland. I am scared to become a ghost/zombie at the end of this consuming activity, yet I am dancing anyway for now like Karen* did... (Karen: a girl from The Red Shoes by Andersen.)
A surrealist meditation in which the religion of ancient Pharaonic Egypt and the Cinema coincide in their ardent, almost mystical desire to preserve life beyond the grave. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
For the first time, the Luce Institute presents one of its best-known documentaries, to show people today the deeds and images of the old times, in original version, restored, without any changes to the editing.