2005 – *Museum of Contemporary Art – Biennale of New Media Art & Video – Santiago de Chile
17-28 November 2005
CologneOFF 2016 Chile
CologneOFF – Cologne International Festival Network
@ Proceso De Error – 3rd International Experimental Video Festival
Valparaiso/Chile – 31 May – 4 June 2016
Once Upon a Time
Curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
List of videos (in screening order)
Francesca Fini (Italy) – Dadaloop, 2015, 10:00
Francois Knoetze (South Africa) – CAPE MONGO – Plastic, 2015, 5:00
Dee Hood (USA) – Parallel, 2010, 2:44
Sergio Sotomayor (Spain) – Quantum, 2009, 3:13
QNQ/AUJIK (Sweden/Japan) – Impermanence Trajectory, 2013, 07:00
Kristina Frank, & Mervi Kekarainen (Sweden) – 2Rabbits, 2015, 09:18
Shuai Cheng Pu (Taiwan) – Still Here, 2010, 4:50
Karolien Soete (Belgium) – Tempus Fugit , 2013, 3:53
Mani Mehrvarz (Iran) – Wistful Affection For The Past, 2013, 3:06
Max Hattler (Germany) – Spin, 2010, 3:55
Curatorial statement
By Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
“Once Upon A Time” – many fairytales are beginning like that, and indeed the metaphoric character of the videos deal with time manifested in collective and individual memory.
As the representative of the “Present”, the artist is bridging the gap from the “Past” to the “Future” – experimenting with the processes of “new” media languages – intellectually, ideologically and emotionally from distance and deep affection alike, sometimes controversy, contradictory and critical, generating – the absurd! Like no other art medium, the time based medium of video is predestined to experience these processes on different levels of perception.
The curatorial concept would like to present “diversity” to the audience: the selection of 10 short art films, each one with a different duration and experimental approach, created by 10 individual artists from 10 different countries and cultural backgrounds, eg. Francesca Fini (Italy), Francois Knoetze (South Africa) Dee Hood (USA), Sergio Sotomayor (Spain), QNQ/Aujik (Sweden/Japan), Kristina Frank & Mervi Kekarainen (Sweden), Shuai Cheng Pu (Taiwan), Karolien Soete (Belgium), Mani Mehrvarz (Iran) and Max Hattler (Germany).
