IT IS LOVE?
Panorama 8
People are capable of strange capers out of longing for love. Artists are no exception . But what is love anyway? And what happens to all the energy it releases?
ARTWORKS
Subtitled
BENNY NEMEROFSKY RAMSAY (CANADA 2004 , VIDEO, 2:30 MIN)
I just can’t get you out of my head, boy, your lovin’ is all l think about.
Curious About Existence
COOPER BATTERSBY & EMILY VEY DUKE (USA 2003, VIDEO , 11:00 MIN)
A humorous yet insightful journey through what the filmmakers refer to as “the spiritual and material world and its inhabitants” which incorporates multiple mediums as it digresses through various tangential narratives dealing with, you guessed it, existence.
Siyamo; the blackhaired girl
MAHMOUD REZA SANI (IRAN/ AFGHANISTAN / FRANCE 2003, VIDEO, 27: 00 MIN)
A documentary about Afghanistan and its people and a whimsical and poetic quest tor romantic love in today’s Afghanistan through tradition and folklore.
Axis of Evil
PASCAL LIEVRE (FRANCE / CANADA 2003, VIDEO, 5:59 MIN)
A couple on their honeymoon. The lyrics of “Axis of Evil” are sung to the melody of the original Jermaine Jackson/Pia Zadora song “When the Rain Begins to Fall”.
Hunt Me
ANN COURSE EN PAUL CLARK (UK 2004, VIDEO, 3:00 MIN)
Girls like to get it. Hunt me was a performance I wanted but was too scared to play. The island was somewhere I wanted to go but was too frightened to visit.
XXX
KOKA RAMISHVILI (SWITZERLAND 2003-2004, VIDEO, 5:05 MIN)
In XXX the traditional art form of drawing is connected with audiovisual techniques. Machine -like movements of a hand create and erase moments of intimacy.
I Love
BEN JUDO (UK 2003, VIDEO, 7:15 MIN)
In his recent work, Judd has filmed groups of people who are engaged in the act of filming or photographing different subjects. In the voice-over, he addresses the people he has filmed and he tries to esthablish some kind of relation with them.
Memories of Earth – The End
BRIAN MACDONALD (CANADA 2004, VIDEO , 2:50 MIN)
“You could give me a hug, and tell me that everything will be all right, you could make love to me, and ensure me that I am fantastic (call me at 00 1 250 385- 4458)”