An artistically sophisticated performative rendition of speeches given at a conference of cultural workers in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 by artists, curators and cultural diplomats from the European South and the Middle and Far East, proposing strategies of self-determination and an emphasis on the autonomy of non-Western arts. The translation of these messages into acoustic, choreographic and architectural structures also reinforces the female voice that is missing from traditional narratives of the construction of the world today.
A film representing a stroll through St. Petersburg. Captured by a broken frame composition, deserted streets, frozen city infrastructure, stone embankments, pigeons in parks, dandelions breaking through the pavements, aberrations of color and light evoke an increasing sense of unease. Ambient sounds—random conversations, city noises, and a track composed by Mexican sound artist Enrique Arriaga—merge with the visuals, making the film a direct speech of a human/camera/witness about what clearly audible in the actual urban space.
Out of a collection of soft toys sitting on a shelf, Dilly Bog is just one of the characters in the children's TV show, 'Shelf Life'. After being awoken into human form to learn the lesson of kindness for an episode he meets the Narrator, a voice in the sky, a rat called Mrs. Bon Bon, and the audience who he sees through the screen. When Dilly Bog discovers he has no concept of feeling, as he's full of stuffing, learning kindness now seems pointless. He rebels against the show's structure and interrogates the characters about his existence and purpose. This threatens the world of the show, which puts everyone, including the audience, at risk of a toy gone rogue.
“Meat Grinder 2” is an attempt, at one hand, to “listen” to the past – and to distance ourselves from the current moment on the other. The title is referred to the eponymous 1928 OBERIU’s film by Klimenti Mints and Aleksandr Razumovsky, which was proclaimed as an anti-war statement by the authors. “Meat Grinder 2” is constructed from the lines of people who witnessed an air raid. Each line reflects a certain auditory experience, and together they are built into a chronicle of one single day, the sequence of events of which is deconstructed in the film.
“The main thing is that I’m fine!” Charly, a family man and consultant in his early 60s, has had to put up with quite a few setbacks in his life. Born as Karl-Heinz in Franconia, he reinvented himself and created an optimized personality under the stage name “Charly”. Never to be vulnerable again – self-protection is his new motto.
White-painted wooden beams are joined together into building-like structures that glide across the image in slow and steady rotational movements. Static shots are spliced together and accompanied by harmonious sine tones, which rise and fall in sync with the incidence of light.
Jacky (30), who lives in Berlin, falls into a deep void after the death of her mother and losing her job. Unable to succeed in her attempt to commit suicide, she decides to hire a hitman. Unbeknownst to her, she meets Çello (33), the killer assigned to commit murder. Çello and Jacky fall in love with each other. The loving couple decides to go into hiding, but their happiness doesn’t last long. A major confrontation takes place at Madam Bora’s Pissoir Bar.
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