A quest for Al Khadir الخضر, the inner master. Al Khadir, a character generally unknown in Western culture, occupies a very important place in the popular and mystical knowledge of the countries of the Islamic rhizome, although its origins go back to ancient times. Al Khadir, literally the one who greens, inhabits the in-between world, the no-man's land, the fine interstice between the real and the unreal, life and death, sleep and wakefulness,.... this place is called Al Barzaj, the Isthmus. Where he passes, everything greens up, even the tracks of his footsteps are immediately covered with grass.
Trance
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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.
UntitledEthnographic documentation of the possession rituals of Mina, the religion of African origin practiced in the city of Sâo Luis. Through fragments of public rituals celebrated in seven religious communities, the video shows the diversity and richness of rituals surrounding the controversial phenomenon of possession. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
L'escriptor Jordi Esteva torna a Costa d'Ivori per a esbrinar sobre l'esperit de la pantera que es va manifestar durant el rodatge del seu anterior documental "Retorn al país de les ànimes" sobre les creences ancestrals i els fenòmens de tràngol i possessió. En la pel·lícula, rodada en blanc i negre, amb el ritme d'una "road movie", l'escriptor assistirà de nou a una cerimònia de tràngol en la qual un komian serà posseït per l'esperit de la pantera i emprendrà la cerca de l'altra komian, en tota la Costa d'Ivori, posseïda pel mateix esperit poderós. El periple li portarà a la veïna Ghana a la recerca dels únics percussionistes que poden invocar a l'esperit de la pantera amb els seus ritmes.
UntitledA 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
Untitled“You can see a bird in flight and watch to observe it, or feel that you are flying with it. That is contemplation, becoming the other.” Hafiz. Despite (or because of) its apparent calmness, contemplation is the state that most radically dissolves and liberates the self. Through contemplation, the other gradually seeps into us like gentle rain ... without realising it, we suddenly start to see ... the world is not outside us and nothing is lifeless ... images appear and disappear over the silence of that which has no name or form ... like the blinking of something that isn’t our eyes... perhaps then the inner teacher will appear intimately... you will recognise him because all that has withered blooms again ... then we will know that the sky can also be stone and feet can walk on clouds and ... But make sure you do not name him ... for he will vanish.