A program of experimental
films drifting away from traditional, human-centered narratives, giving space to animals, plants, images, and spaces. Not
as metaphors, but as quiet agents that observe, adapt, and reshape.
Curatorial
Concept
This program drifts away from traditional, human-centered narratives. Through experimental films
and a live performance, it gives space to animals, plants, images, and spaces—not as metaphors, but as quiet agents that observe,
adapt, and reshape.
These works do not seek to replace the human hero, but to question the need for one at all.
They offer other ways of being, sensing, and relating—sometimes tender, sometimes strange. Together, they invite us to see
the non-human not as background, but as presence. But when presence is framed only to fulfill the human gaze—when it becomes
something to be studied, exoticized, or owned—this shift risks turning dystopian. The quiet other becomes a spectacle. And
what was once an invitation becomes a mirror.The event is structured as a screening, a live performance, and a Q&A session.
The artists will be present to reflect on their works and engage in conversation with the audience.
ProgrammeBeemovie
Vera Sebert
In this film bees are neither artificially animated nor do
they appear as documented objects of study.
They themselves take on the role of human actors. The meaning of their
actions remains uncertain
and offers a manifold projection surface for human recipients. The cinematic images provide
insight
into an alienated world, which, when viewed, is inevitably adapted to ours.
Bike
Porn
Stephan Trimmel
Bike Porn follows the repair and maintenance of bicycles through a series
of intimate close-up
images. Chains, gears, lubricants, metal surfaces, and mechanical movements are presented with
an
unexpectedly erotic gaze, transforming routine maintenance into a sensual visual experience.
Balancing
between pleasure, intimacy, messiness, and craftsmanship, the film explores the fine line
between mechanical care
and desire, ending in a gesture of quiet cleansing and release.
Duration: 3 min (?)
voyage
ith an unwritten letter
2021, Nicole Aebersold
Filmed on innumerable travels with old equipment,
this ambient piece drifts through fogged
windows, abstract sound, and fractured landscapes. It invites the viewer
into a soft, unsettled
space where nothing is said, but something lingers.
Duration: ∼ 3.5 minutes
Das feine Zirpen einer Dunkelziffer
Silent Chirping of Invisible Digits
2023,
Vera Sebert|
Like a single film frame, insects flash for the fraction of a second, only to immediately withdraw
from
the field of vision again. In between their flickering body fragments, the film shows
undefinable voids. What can
be seen when familiar filters of vision and the narratives associated
with them are missing?
Duration:
10'11
DACHA
2021, Dina Karaman&Vladimir Nadein
Countryside residences
of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are hidden amid lush greenery. Their telltale
architecture betrays the many phobias
and fears of the ‘freest’ person in the whole Soviet empire.
The interiors are so identical that they blur into
a paranoid, multi-chamber labyrinth of repeating
beds, chairs, and carpets.
Duration: 12 min
Rumours
2017, Nicole Aebersold
A slow but forceful shift in power unfolds—inscrutable
until it’s too late. Through quiet
imagery and gradual transformation, the film captures the silent occupation of
an urban
space, mirroring changes as inevitable as life itself.
Duration: 9 minutes
Mothra
against prehistoric Creatures
Vera Sebert
Plastic dinosaurs, letters, sounds and moths are clashing
within a flickering battle of found,
animated and reanimated footage. In an intoxicating experimental sequence this
freely associated
fan fiction pays homage to Japanese monster films of the 60s and 70s and stimulates the sluggish
receptors
of oversaturated media consumers.
Influenza
2025, Tote Tiere Maarten
There
can be some strange birds among influencers on social media, but Influenza takes the crown.
Through her Instagram
account, this digital cormorant, brought back to life, gives tips and tricks on
how to look human.
Duration:
12 minutes
Vaginal Cycle (Un)written
2026, Mehrta Shirzadian
with live
voice-over
Based on daily observations of the vaginal microbiome throughout a menstrual cycle, Vaginal Cycle
(Un)written
transforms its day to day changes into an evolving digital ecosystem. Accompanied by
a live voice-over, the work
combines scientific research and personal experience while drawing
attention to the complexity of microbial life
and the historical neglect of women's health research.
Duration:∼5 minutes
