X-PRESSION
Instalação Vídeo
Esta instalação vídeo apresenta cinco trabalhos em vídeo de artistas do Chile, EUA, Inglaterra, Filipinas e França. Todas estas obras, fazem à sua maneira, uma pequena reflexão sobre a Liberdade e nomeadamente a Liberdade de Expressão.
O
Videolab pretende, com este projecto, fazer uma ligação com o espaço do
Grémio Operário de Coimbra e fazer uma alusão ao cantor da Liberdade que
foi José Afonso, associando-se ao Festival Ilha 12, que decorre naquele espaço entre 3 e 30 de setembro 2021.
O evento será inaugurado com a performance "Your way" de António Azenha.
YOUR WAY, de António Azenha
Dispositivo performativo, despoletando um certo estado
noético de lucidez mental, de clarividência momentânea sugerindo a sensação de
intemporalidade, descerramento temporário dos véus que os sentidos desenrolam
entre os presentes e a verdadeira realidade.
VÍDEOS
Juan Pablo Molina Guerrero (Chile)
“Anál-isis callejero (Street anal-ysis)”, 8:00 | 2012
Two
different locations: Valparaíso and Aysén, spaced by only a year. The
value of the rebellion. Deconstruction of filming violence even if it is
made by police or citizen. Texts plus images, recycling. Me against the
other.
Gabriel Judet-Weinshel (EUA)
“Facechasers”, 4:00 | 2005
A
man and a woman are chased through a bleak desert by faceless creatures
and animated attack dogs. In the pursuit, one of them loses his life
and one conceives an ingenious and surreal way to escape.
Janek Schaefer (Inglaterra)
“The Freedom of Speech”, 4:39 | 2006
The
Freedom of Speech' is a work for typewriter and voice about the erosion
of our civil liberties.
In England you can now be arrested for simply
standing on the street and reading out the names of those
who died in
the Iraq war. This is an unacceptable situation.
The film
begins with a blank sheet of paper. A 1950's typewriter firstly
re-examines the classic quote about 'sticks and stones may break your
bones'. Words are powerful but should not be the cause of so much
suffering in the world. I believe that too many people worry too much
about what others say to get them annoyed!...
this in turn leads us to
restrictions in what we ourselves are allowed to say in the 21st
century...
In the main section of the film we see the typewriter typing
backwards - removing the letters and words from the page.
The sounds
and images are visually related and they become confusing.. we find it
hard to understand due to the conflicting information... I finished this
film on valentine’s day, as it seems to be my peaceful
protest against
overregulation when faced with fear of the unknown...
"There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech" [Ilya Ehrenburg]
“Words are just words. They mean nothing unless you allow them to".
Gabriela Krista Lluch Dalena (Filipinas)
“Red Saga”, 13:00 | 2004
Children
of the land protect their harevest from thieves. A short poetic film
about the peasant struggle and the protracted people's war in the
Philippine countrysides.
Jean-Gabriel Périot (França)
“We are winning don't forget”, 7:00 | 2004
We are many We are uniforms We smile in the picture But We are NOT happy
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