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16. Feb

20:00, Hackersche Höfe Kino

16. Feb

RIGHTS OF MAN (DERECHOS DEL HOMBRE)

D: Juan Rodrigáñez, C: Lola Rubio, Katrin Memmer, Gianfranco Poddighe, Eduard Mont de Palol, DOP: Roman Lechapelier, ES 2018, 76 min., span./engl./ger. OwEs

Juan Rodrigáñez, together with the troupe from his previous film, THE MONEY COMPLEX, again try to explore a cinema of subtle licentiousness. Equipped with a few costumes, a circus tent, thirty-five 16mm reels, an abundance of curiosity and a love of improvisation, they set out to create the show Derechos del Hombre (Rights of Man), blurring the lines between play and life under the Castilian sun. Their art becomes entangled with doubts, disputes, fantasies, and chance encounters. For man does not live by bread alone.

TRIPLE-CHASER

D: Forensic Architecture, Praxis Films, GB/US 2019, 10 min., engl. OV

TRIPLE-CHASER examines the involvement of Warren B. Kanders – at the time, a board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art – in the production of tear gas grenades through his company Safariland. Originally commissioned by the Whitney Biennial itself, the work is in parts investigative, like numerous works by the Forensic Architecture group. It is based on research carried out on munitions used in Gaza – the origins of which were traced to one of Kanders’ companies – which led to his resignation from the museum’s board. At the same time, the film’s experimental aesthetic raises questions about the interactions of art, science, military and activism. For example, the research group trained a PC program for “synthetic image generation” to recognise shells from the company in photographs, and then assembled the resulting colour-intensive images in a fast-paced choreography to a piece by Richard Strauss, which was performed at a music festival sponsored by Kanders.

Debate THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING – February 16.

Truth or dare? What requirements and responsibilities determine the practice of artists who see their work as political? How can cinema and moving images bring to light insights about the world and suggest conclusions that result in social change? Together with filmmakers Želimir Žilnik and Ute Adamczewski, we have curated a programme that, not for the first time, places cinema in a conflicted position between fact, fiction, ethics and taste. Because in art, just as in activism, the proof of the pudding is in the eating!

Amongst the guests: Ute Adamczewski, Želimir Žilnik, Juan Rodrigáñez, Forensic Architecture

In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Berlin