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Jan 11, 2007
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Newsletter Film and Video Programme
Newsletter 11.1.2007
transmediale.07
unfinish!
January 31 - February 4, 2007
Akademie der Künste
Berlin, Hanseatenweg 10
Film and Video Programme
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1. Film and Video Programme
2. Infermental
3. Film Programme 1-6
4. Video Programme 1: Reality For TV
5. Video Programme 2: Germany, normal
6. Video Programme 3-7
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1. Film and Video Programme
The film and video section consists of a series of programmes, relating thematically to the motto of the festival. Works range from feature-length documentaries, to a number of compilation programmes with short artistic video works. The programme opens on Wednesday, January 31, with the first Infermental special and closes on Sunday, February 4, with the annual video selection.
For the first time, the complete film and video programme will also be presented at babylon berlin:mitte, from Thursday, February 1 to Monday, February 5. The babylon is one of the oldest still playing cinemas in Berlin. Opened in 1929 as a premiere cinema for silent films, the venue developed to a centre of the culture and film scene. An excerpt of the programme is presented in the transmediale lounge on video stations, the dates/times relate to the screening events which take place in the Akademie der Künste at Hanseatenweg.
The preview of the transmediale.07 video selection will be the last event of this year's festival (Sun 4 February, 20 h, Studio). The programme consists of video works that come from the broad range of submissions to this year's festival competition. 'transmediale.07 video selection' is the compilation programme which will be presented world wide in the annual tour programme.
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2. Infermental
Wednesday, January 31, 10 hrs (Studio II)
Thursday, February 1, 11 hrs (Studio II)
Friday, February 2, 11 hrs (Studio II)
INFERMENTAL was the first international magazine on video tape and was initiated in 1980 by the Hungarian filmmaker Gabor Body. Between 1982 and 1990, eleven editions were produced with 674 single works by more than 600 artists from 36 countries.
The basic idea of INFERMENTAL was the collecting and archiving of current cultural tendencies on video in order to connect isolated ‘media islands’ with already existing networks. Looking at the editions it becomes clear that these differ considerably in their interpretation of the concept, their selection criteria and the respective form organisation of the editors. So each edition not only documents a specific period of cultural and artistic creation, but also allows for a very authentic look at the different approaches of the respective editorial group and their views on the world, politics, and work.
On the occasion of transmediale.07, the festival presents an extensive overview of the INFERMENTAL editions.
The first edition will be shown on Wednesday January 31 in full length, with an introduction by Astrid Heibach. The INFERMENTAL breakfast will be held simultaneously and opens the series of presentations of the following editions within the festival's programme.
A number of the editions of INFERMENTAL will be presented in excerpts by the individual editors on Thursday, February 1 and Friday, February 2. With: Laszlo Beke, Gerard Couty, Heiko Daxl, Gusztav Hamos, Astrid Heibach, Mike Hentz, Chris Hill, Rotraut Pape, Rob Perree, Lydia Schouten, Gena Teodosievska, Christian Vanderborght
The editions can also be viewed in full length in the temporary project library of transmediale.07.
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3. Film Programme 1-6
FP 1: Libertà, Nina Mair/ Robert Jahn, de, 2006, 65:00
Thursday, February 1, 21 hrs (Studio II)
Friday, February 2, 16.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Antonio Ciano, the owner of a tobacco shop in Gaeta's main square, holds a reputation for his unruly attitude. The ex-communist fights for the recognition of cruelties carried out by the Risorgimento regime in southern Italy. In his struggle for this cause and against the establishment of the RAI and Mediaset information duopoly, he and two friends establish the pirate TV station called TeleMonteOrlando.
FP 2: Operation Atropos, Coco Fusco, us, 2006, 59:00
Friday, February 2, 15 hrs (Studio II)
Saturday, February 3, 20.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
In July 2005, Coco Fusco took a course led by former US military interrogators designed for people in the private sector who want to learn their techniques for extracting information. She took a group of six women with her and filmed their workshop. The video is about the collective learning experience. The training involved an immersive simulation of being prisoners of war: they were ambushed, captured, stripped searched, thrown in the pen and subjected to several interrogations. Afterwards, in a classroom scenario, the tactics used against them were analysed and they were taught to do to others what had been done to them.
FP 3: 5 Fabriken - Arbeiterkontrolle in Venezuela, Dario Azzellini/ Oliver Ressler, de/at, 2006, 81:00
Friday, February 2, 20 hrs (Studio II)
Saturday, February 3, 22 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
'5 Fabriken - Arbeiterkontrolle in Venezuela' is the second film by Dario Azzellini & Oliver Ressler, which deals with political and social changes in Venezuela. In this work they focus on the transformation in the Venezuelan industrial sector and portray five large companies in various regions.
FP 4: Technocalyps, Frank Theys, be, 2006, 3x52:00
Saturday, February 3, 11 hrs (Studio II)
Sunday, February 4, 21 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
'Technocalyps' is a three-part documentary about ‘transhumanism’, an ideology assuming that we approach an era where humans, as we know them, are no longer the driving force of civilisation. All technological developments seem to converge to one main goal: to overcome humanity, to try and create something transhuman. 'Technocalyps' is about the idea that new technological developments will generate higher forms of intelligent life that will take over further progress.
FP 5: Coréen 2495, Joon Soon Ha, kr, 2005, 115:00
Saturday, February 3, 15.30 hrs (Studio II)
Sunday, February 4, 18.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
In 1993 President Mitterrand visited Korea. On this visit he promised that he would restore to Korea the 297 volumes of the Oe-Kyujanggak Archives (the royal protocols of the Chosun Dynasty in Korea), pillaged by the French army in 1866 and now part of the collections in the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. But more than a decade after Mitterrand's promise, the books remain in the Bibliotheque Nationale.
FP 6: Weizenbaum. Rebel at Work, Silvia Holzinger/ Peter Haas, de/at, 2006, 80:00
Sunday, February 4, 12 hrs (Studio II)
Monday, February 5, 22 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
A hilarious story-teller adds numerous anecdotes, memories and ideas to a novel which he calls his life. Joseph Weizenbaum lives in Berlin-Mitte with a view of the Marx-Engels-Forum and the Berlin Cathedral. After many years in the USA, he returned to Berlin. Born in Berlin and of Jewish origin, Weizenbaum and his family left Germany in 1936. In the early years of the computer age, he went to California. There he started his scientific career and later became a professor at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But Weizenbaum was a rebel: he began to criticise his colleagues for their fantasies of almightiness and their devoutness to science and militarism.
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4. Video Programme 1: Reality For TV
Wednesday, 31 January, 18 hrs (Studio II)
Thursday, February 1, 19.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Christoph Draeger, Helenés (Apparition of Freedom), ch, 2004, 17:50
The Cold War was based on fear and deterrence. In both the East and the West, propaganda films were made to prepare audiences for the worst: a nuclear attack. While some of these films were naive and clumsy, others were more realistic, as can be seen in the Hungarian 16mm-film 'Helenes'.
Oliver Ressler, The Fittest Survive, at, 2006, 23:00
'The Fittest Survive' is based on filming the five-day course 'Surviving Hostile Regions' in January 2006 in Wales, Great Britain, by the AKE Group. British ex-special force soldiers are preparing businessmen, journalists and government officials for a stay in regions of danger.
Kinda Hassan, Yet Another Shot, lb, 2005, 5:03
'Yet Another Shot' is a video made on the day when Jubran Tueiny, Lebanese parliamentarian and journalist, was murdered. It shows TV journalists reporting on the tragedy, filmed on the actual explosion site.
Thomas Köner, Périphériques, de, 2005-2006, 13:00
Three places offside: people on a street in Harar, Belgrade, and a favela in Buenos Aires. The camera shows fluid and recurrent patterns in the moves of people and detects stories in people's faces as they become transparent.
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5. Video Programme 2: Germany, normal
Wednesday, January 31, 21 hrs (Studio II)
Thursday, February 1, 22 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Marion Pfaus/ Felicia Zeller, Der Ordner, de, 2006, 33:00
Berlin-Friedrichshain. Long rows of empty houses, newly opened and shut down shops dominate the streets. The former founder Henriette W. has handed her enterprise over to the following tenant Christian S. Only the black folder from her business-founding course is left. Its potential was discovered and it was adopted as a film script.
Jürgen Brügger/ Jörg Haaßengier, Kopfende Haßloch, de, 2006, 37:00
Timbered buildings, just restored like a doll’s house, decorate the wide streets of Haßloch, a village in the Rhein region. The only thing that seems worth noticing is its inconspicuousness. One thing, however, which does distinguish Haßloch from all other German townsis that the whole village is a testing ground. For 18 years the ‘GFK’ (society for consumer research) has been running its ‘behaviour-scan’ in this village, named 'the most average village in Germany'. The ‘behaviour-scan’ is behavioural research that is conducted for enquiring the effectiveness of advertising in media.
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6. Video Programme 3-7
VP3: Unfound Footage
Thursday, February 1, 15.30 hrs (Studio II)
Friday, February 2, 18 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Marina Gioti, b-alles, gr, 2005, 2:00
Les LeVeque, Dramatically Repeating Lawrence of Arabia, us, 2004, 14:43
Wayne Yung, Miss Popularity, ca/de, 2006, 6:20
Stefan Zlamal, Heinrich und Mary-Jane, at, 2005, 12:00
Alexei Dmitriev, Dubus, ru, 2005, 4:09
Erik Bünger, Gospels, de, 2006, 22:00
Michaela Schwentner, La Petite Illusion, at, 2006, 03:45
Mark Boswell, The St. Petersburg Paradox, us, 2006, 5:30
VP4: Chronic Recollection
Thursday, February 1, 18 hrs (Studio)
Friday, February 2, 20 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Vincent Meessen, N 12°13.062'/ W001°32.619' Extended, be, 2005, 8:25
Javier Toscano, The Chronic Argonauts, mx, 2006, 10:50
Zoran Drangelj, Recollection, ca, 2006, 1:00
Carlos Magno Oliveira Rodrigues, Before the abyss of your eyes, br, 2006, 6:25
Liu Wei, A Day to Remember, cn, 2005, 13:00
Matthias Meyer, Sub Dub (The Black Museum), de, 2006, 4:32
Jan Verbeek, Osmotic, de, 2006, 3:00
Alexandra Crouwers, One Short Story [1], nl, 2006, 3:00
VP 5: Detours
Saturday, February 3, 18.30 hrs (Studio II)
Sunday, February 4, 17 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Blas Payri, schaefferinnes - urbaines, es, 2005-2006, 7:44
Tina Willgren, Wood Report, se, 2006, 1:57
Alain Della Negra/ Kaori Kinoshita, Neighborhood, fr, 2006, 17:00
Nadja Elabbadi, Schwarzfahrer, de 2006, 9:40
Claire Hope, In all honesty there's nothing I'd like more, uk, 2005, 7:40
Jan de Bruin, Calling 911, nl, 2004, 6:00
Mario Asef, Revolution after Revolution, de/ro, 2006, 14:00
VP 6: New Japanese Documentary & Animation
Sunday, February 4, 15 hrs (Studio II)
Monday, February 5, 18.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Yuki Hayashi, Last Boy Last Girl, jp, 2006, 13:00
Yoshinao Sato, Desktop, jp, 2005, 7:00
Hiroto Toyama, Pirasareyan, jp, 2005, 3:00
Toru Morofuji, Suzie no Name (Suzu no Na wa), jp, 2005, 17:00
Maki Satake, One Moment - May 15, 2002, jp, 2003, 4:00
Kazuhiro Goshima, Fade into White #4, jp, 2003, 20:00
Isam Hirabayashi, TEXTISM, jp, 2003, 11:00
(compiled by Koyo Yamashita, Image Forum/Tokyo)
VP 7: Unbuilding Spaces
Sunday, February 4, 17 hrs (Studio)
Monday, February 5, 20.30 hrs (babylon berlin:mitte)
Michaela Schwentner, Swinging, at, 2006, 8:00
Defasten, Density 1, ca, 2005, 3:50
Erika Matsunami/ Antonis Anissegos, deflection, de, 2005, 11:00
Stefan Mylleager (visual)/ Lars Pellarin (music), The Peace Of Video, dk, 2004, 10:00
n:ja/ Kowalski, void.seqz3, at, 2005, 4:30
Lia, int.16/45//son01/30x1, at, 2006, 5:43
Billy Roisz/ Toshimaru Nakamaru, AVVA:ragtag, at/jp, 2006, 5:00
Dariusz Kowalski, Elements, at, 2005, 08:00
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