Jun
16
2010
Among many film, dance and art festivals in Croatia, Queer Zagreb is also a blogger friendly oriented festival. Thanks to their understanding of the media, I had the opportunity to interview one amazing performance artist and poet, Guillermo Gomez Pena…
I interviewed him a month ago after his performance with La Pocha Nostra… for this occasion, Body Pixel co-blogger Ivana also joined me for the interview with Guillermo…
Photo: Zach Gross (c)
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Apr
21
2010
Documentary Google Baby (2009) by film maker Zippi Brand Frank deals with birth outsourcing among three countries: Israel, USA and India. It involves business, technology (computers and human bodies) and a bunch of paradoxes.
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Apr
19
2010
Wafaa Bilal‘s concept of body marking as a subtly cruel marking and flesh ‘n’ blood IMing is one of the most authentic artworks that I’ve seen lately. Bilal directly and uncompromisingly brings forward political facts that are in constant repetition.
‘…and Counting‘ by Wafaa Bilal, Photo by Brad Farwell
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Jan
17
2010
I blogged about dance film ‘The cost of Living’ (2004) by DV8 Physical Theatre almost two years ago, What dance could be… in DV8 and David Toole’s vision… and I still admire Lloyd Newson’s choreography. Hence, for today’s Body cinema screening I’ve picked up for you exactly this film.
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no comments | tags: body, body cinema, choreography, dance, dance film, dancing, david toole, disability, dv8, dv8 physical theatre, film, lloyd newson, prejudices, society | posted in body, body cinema, choreographer, culture, dance, film, human rights, performative, video dance
Jan
12
2010
All White in Barking, documentary made in the BBC production (2008) by Marc Isaacs deals with petty-bourgeois racism and xenophobia in small UK town of Barking. Isaacs’ film is humorous and serious at the same time, portraying all absurdities a typical neighborhood (not only in UK) can have against other cultures…
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Nov
18
2009
South African artist William Kentridge is an animator that definitely needs to be in Pocket cinema… His monochrome animations became part of classics, although created during nineties…
William Kentridge
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