FIASCO. Videoart evenings

The title of the event is inspired by Stanisław Lem’s eponymous science fiction novel, in which an encounter with another alien life form leads to catastrophe due to failure in communication. The selection of films represents an associative conversation with some of Lem’s hypotheses, proposing works that nuance, challenge and at times ironize the pessimistic narrative of the book.

Three themes emerge from the reading of Lem’s novel, guiding the selection of films: Marginal Gaze (July 11), Self as Archive (July 12), Histories Swarm (July 13). On the first two evenings, July 11 and 12, curators Edith Lázár and Anja Lückenkemper will each give a thematic talk, followed by screenings featuring video artworks* by: Daniel Frota de Abreu, Anetta Mona Chisa, Fredj Moussa, Marco Verhoogt, Mara Verhoogt and Ioana Mincu, Alice dos Ries, András Cséfalvay, OJOBOCA, Marie Lukáčová, Ann Oren, Thea Lazăr, Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Jakub Štourač & Anna Luňáková, Helen Ana Flanagan, Naomi Rincón-Gallardo, Lori Lako, Dragoș Alexandrescu, Olivia Mihălțianu, Christian Jankowski, Irina Botea Bucan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Guerreiro Do Divino Amor, Agnieszka Polska.

*The films are shown and subtitled in English.

Full and detailed program:

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟮𝟯:𝟬𝟬, ”Marginal Gaze”

20:30 – 21:30 – Talk, Edith Lázár, curator
Sol Preto, by Daniel Frota de Abreu (22.38 min)
Tell me, dust, about your complicated matter, by Anetta Mona Chișa (10 min)
Solar noon, by Fredj Moussa (11 min)
Here Was Once A Field, by Marco Verhoogt, Mara Verhoogt & Ioana Mincu (11.42 min)
Mood Keep, by Alice dos Reis (11.39 min)
Cosmogony 1: self-similarity of models, de András Cséfalvay (14.39 min)
Instant Life, by OJOBOCA & Andrew Kim (26.5 min)

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟮𝟯:𝟬𝟬, ”Self as Archive”
20:30 – 21:30 – Talk, Anja Lückenkemper, curator
Middevil: Maiden Wars, by Marie Lukáčová (9 min)
NATURE SPEAKS TO SELF. ONLY., by Ann Oren (8 min)
For You Can See No Other, by Thea Lazăr (7.36 min)
This is Offal, by Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley (12.51 min)
Biograph Pressure, by Jakub Štourač & Anna Luňáková (26.49 min)
Swamps & Ponds, bt Helen Anna Flanagan (16.56 min)
Verses of Filth, by Naomi Rincón-Gallardo (24 min)

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟯 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟭:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟮𝟯:𝟬𝟬, ”Histories Swarm”
W-here is Balkan?, by Lori Lako (6.38 min)
The Social Binder, by Dragoș Alexandrescu (21 min)
Point de vue: Pont Marie, by Olivia Mihălțianu (7.50 min)
Heavy Weight History, by Christian Jankowski (25.45 min)
It is now a matter of learning hope, by Irina Botea Bucan (10 min)
Animalier, by Zhanna Kadyrova (3 min)
The Crystallization of Brasilia, by Guerreiro do Divino Amor (7.17 min)
The Mineral World, by Guerreiro do Divino Amor (9.46 min)
The Thousand-Year Plan, by Agnieszka Polska (28 min)