Panorama 5: Pulling the strings
Thursday, October 15 2009 / 21:00
Moira
Saturday, October 17 2009 / 21:00
Moira
Every abuse hides a source of pleasure. This programme zooms in on the many different appearances of power relations. Are we watching the ultimate humiliation or is it just instinctive behaviour? Ethical relativism has blurred the line between these opposites. A journey past border guards and
gallery owners, and a cat-and-mouse game about who can hold out the longest.
The Sea Is a Stereo
Mounira Al Solh (The Netherlands, 2007-2008, video, 13:07 min) (works)
The
Sea Is A Stereo is an ongoing series of reflections on a group of men who swim
everyday at the beach in Beirut no matter the ...
Yellow Fever
Marianne Theunissen (The Netherlands, 2007, video, 05:20 min) (works)
Yellow
Fever is a film about language, the visual language of a beautiful
furnished house in which two ladies reside, as well as the language
of their bodies. ...
Empire’s Border 1
Chen Chieh-Jen (Taiwan, 2008-2009, video, 27:00 min) (works)
The
new work, Empire's Borders (2009), is a film that opens showing the
various and sundry checks that Taiwanese citizens must endure when
applying for a U.S. visa ...
Sub-Optimal
John Butler (United Kingdom, 2007, video, 03:34 min) (works)
John
Butler is known for his animated futuristic environments. Sub-Optimal takes place in this near future where power relations in human
interaction loses its subtlety. We see ...
We Could Have Helped
Cecilia Lundqvist (Sweden, 2008, video, 01:57 min) (works)
We
Could Have Helped is an animated video. Three men in costumes represent rich men with
power and possession. People who actually have the possibility to
lend a ...
Please Say Something
David O’Reilly (Ireland, 2009, video, 10:00 min) (works)
Please
Say Something is a 10 minute short concerning a troubled relationship between a cat
and mouse set in the distant future. The cat and mouse are ...
Discipline Aid Attempt #1 (Confessions of a Video Artist)
Dafna Maimon (The Netherlands, 2009, video, 10:48 min) (works)
A
professional Dominatrix and Master dominate an artist for the
duration of a day, for the purpose of bettering her career. The
relationship between the slave and the ...
Night School
Erkka Nissinen (China, 2007, video, 15:25 min) (works)
An
assortment of characters is brought into a total institution where
they are subjected to various mandatory exercises. The cast ranges
from cooks to bears and prostitutes to ...
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