Festival x-24 2018 - video screening program

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ALIKI CHIOTAKI (GR) 60 PULSES (2016) Directed by Aliki Chiotaki Choreographed / Performed by Christina Mertzani Music / Sound: Dimitris Barnias Camera / Edit /Produced by Aliki Chiotaki A female figure smashed into her own world, submitted to a bizarre journey of entrapment. Moves fiercely onto a narrow, rusty old space surrounded by windows that reflect the raging sea. The intense body movements of the dancer explore the idea of making the effort to adjust the moment by moment of timing of action, to test, to provoke the nature of the body.

The hyper electro -acoustic sound adds an aura of discomfort and strangeness to this presence where stands acts and reacts in an on-going circle.

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CIPHER (2017)

TWINE (2018) Â Directed by Aliki Chiotaki Performer: Panagiota Paraskevopoulou Music & Sound Design: Dimitris Barnias Camera / Edit: Aliki Chiotaki Voice / Narration: Myrto Kontomitaki Sound Recording: Studio Diapason

Directed by Aliki Chiotaki Choreographer: Xenia Kyriakopoulou Performer: Katerina Psaroudaki Costume design: Xanth Kontou Sound design: Dimitris Barnias Camera / Edit /Produced by Aliki Chiotaki

Twine is a video that narrates the physical and emotional bonding between the physical presence of a body and the constrained area of a space. The title itself expresses the interlacing rhythm between these two factors

A woman performs a series of movement / exercises before entering the infinite blue. Cipher is a pitch of a longer Dance for Camera project where its theme explores choreographically the inability or insufficiency of a group of people to maintain unity and integrity while performing a task thus, to lose the initial common code.

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ANOMIA (GR) COATED (2017) Director / Cinematographer: Antigone Davaki Choreographed / Performed by Vassia Zorbali, Evi Psaltou Music / Sound design: Panina Karydi coat-ed 1. To provide or cover with a coat 2. To cover with a layer Can you stand without yours?

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DAVIDE DE LILLIS (IT/DE) & JULIA METZGER-TRABER(USA) RHIZOPHORA (2015) Directed by Davide De Lillis & Julia Metzger-Traber with assistance from Đ ỗ Thu Hi ề n Performers: H ươ ng Đ inh, Mai Ngô, Long Nguy ễ n, Long C ả nh, Đ ô Lê, Tu ấ n V ươ ng, H ơ n Vy, Thu ậ n Tr ầ n, L ệ Nguy ễ n, Hóa Bùi, Dung Hà Editing: Katelyn Stiles Music: Barnaby Tree Dancing between waking and dreaming, a day seen through the eyes of eleven young residents of the Friendship Village in Vietnam who are living with disabilities caused by Agent Orange. As the film progresses we are welcomed ever deeper into their richly symbiotic world.

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DAZ DISLEY (UK) TRAVERSAL #1 #2 #3 (2017/2018)

Directed / Filmed/ Edited /Produced by Daz Disley Performers: Vagia Kapousidou, Dhimas Aryo Satwiko, Julia Metzger-Traber Music: Andy Penny Sometimes, it's better not to grow up, but to grow sideways : Traversal is a project looking at the possibility of sideways growth which asks dancers and performers to present a movement phrase which is both comfortable to them, and also challenging.

In western society we are seemingly obsessed with growth - of economy and career, but what if we don't decide to move in such a vertical fashion, but instead grow sideways embracing new fields as generalists, instead of specialists.

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FUK PAK JIM (HK) LET'S SAY (2014) Directed by Fuk Pak Jim Choreographer: Li De Performers: Cheuk Yin Mui, Li De, Lau Chun Him, Evains Lui, Zhang Xi Long, Chan Man Kwan, Terry Tsang, Una, Xiao Meng Li, Pinky Li & Yang Jing Xian Young choreographer Li De collaborates with veteran cinematographer Fukpakjim to present a refreshing short work that focuses on modern communication issues between people. The generation gap between mother and son; “A Lover’s Discourse” on the escalator; office politics at the table of the Last Supper. Three scenes, three dances, one message: Stop Phubbing.

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JOHAN PLANEFELDT (SWE) YUKI (2014) Direction / Camera / Editing & Grading: Johan Planefeldt Production / Editing Asst.: Ardian Hartono Performed by Yuki

YUKI

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MENA RUSCIANO (IT)

TRACCE NASCOSTE (2015) Choreographer / Performer: Mena Rusciano Illustration and stop-motion animation by Rinedda 2nd animation by Paolo Barone Camera: Dario Antonioli Music: Paolo Barone Edit: Mena Rusciano, Gennaro Sorrentino Signs at the border caught only by a careful look waiting. Footprints left by silent, emerge on the surface of the body to form an image map; an echo of past emotional. Weaving gesture reveals the physical permeability and seeks suspended traces that cloaks the daily life. Imperceptible sedimented noise.

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JOHN WANNEHAG(SWE) HER(2016) Director / DOP: John Wannehag Performed by: Stephanie Troyak Music by: Otis Jones Fighting herself or fighting HER.

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MICHELE MANZINI & VALERIA LO MEO (IT) MOVING AFRICA (2016) Written / Directed by Valeria Lo Meo & Michele Manzini Director of Photography: Luciano Perbellini Edit: Valeria Lo Meo Produced by Bottega di Fotografia pty (LTD) Cape Town

To work with the expressive form of a documentary means rethinking the idea of describing reality and redefining its structure and the limits, and it also means doing so in a place where the imagery and weight of that reality seem most strong and binding, as in the South African townships. This is an act that might confirm the existence of impossibility because this is the basic gesture for conquering reality: to state that the impossible exists.

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NICOLA HEPP (SWE) ECHO (2014)

HOME (2017)

Direction /  Production / Choreography: Nicola Hepp Performers: Rolf Hepp and Stijn van der Plas Cinematography: Gemma Probst Music: Arvo Pärt arr. Jurriaan Balhuizen Edit: Erik Verhulst Post production: Bram Vleugel, Postoffice Amsterdam

Direction and Edit: Nicola Hepp Choreography & Dance: Mercedes Go, Fernando Troya Cinematography: Adnan Hasovic Music and Sound design: Good Sounds Production: Stichting Nicola Hepp Dansproducties

Echo is a kinetic, subtle film about ageing. An older man confronted with his ageing body. He loses himself in dancing and by doing so he once again feels young.

A house that is falling apart. A relationship that is crumbling. When there is nothing left.

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NATALIE LEENDERS(BEL)

EVA-LUNA (2017)

PÉ EN NÉ (2012)

Director / Cinematographer: Natalie Leenders Dancer: Eva-Luna Geebelen Edit: Natalie Leenders

Director / Cinematographer: Natalie Leenders Performers: Natalie Leenders, Peter Geebelen Music: Natalie Leenders

Video created for the 60secondsdance festival.

A couple through the use of hand gestures prays, dance and engage in a dialogue.

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NURIA FRAGOSO (MEX) HABITAT (2008) Directed by Nuria Fragoso Armenta Choreography: Hipso-Facto collective Co-Producction: Hipso-Facto collective and FOECA 08 Dancers: Beatriz Dávila, Diana Bayardo, Lucía Sato, Talya Sato, Adria Rodríguez Camera: Luis Felipe Hernández Edition: Laurette Flores/Nuria Fragoso Motion Graphics: Moisés Regla Original Music: Antonio Russek This piece refers to the physical space of the house as the place for human interaction, to how the independent activities of an isolated individual occurring in this space, somehow affect his relationship with other individuals.

The metaphors that emerge from the movement are the result of the actions developed by the dancers, which arise from their direct experience within this defined space.

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RUTH SERGEL(USA) BRUCE (1998) Director / Cinematographer: Ruth Sergel Dancer: Bruce Jackson Editor: Juliette Olavarria Production Design: Paul Weathered Assistant Director: Kate Sergel Buncher Camera Assistants: Tricia Clark, Peter Gabriel Sound: Tim Mangin • A duet for camera + dancer that challenges expectations of grace and disability.

The film features dancer Bruce Jackson and the song “We Are….” by Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell. Performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock on Sacred Ground.

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SARA MARASSO & STEFANO RISSO (IT)

CUMUGLI DI FOGLI (2015) Directors / Performers: Sara Marasso, Stefano Risso Camera / Edit / Music: Stefano Risso A video work part of "Equilibrio Residuo", which is an open format that explores the idea of composition. The bassist and composer Stefano Risso and the dancer and choreographer Sara Marasso open a dialogue while inviting the viewer to follow the suggestions and the images that emerge from this encounter without words.

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SARA SIMEONI (IT/DE) BITTE SCHUHE AUSZIEHEN (2017) Choreographer / Performer: Sara Simeoni Music : Mauro Sambo & Matilde Sambo Camera / Edit: Sara Simeoni Bitte Schuhe ausziehen is an ironic paradox where dirty emotion is shaken into merrily enlightened happiness in real time without escaping.

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SIMA GONSAI (UK) INNOCENCE (2016) Directed by Sima Gonsai Choreographer: Chitraleka Bolar Music: Praveen Rao Dancers: Anaya Vasudha Ria Manjot 60 second short dance film devised by BBC4 Young Dancer semi-finalist Anyay Bolar and two emerging artists. Directed by Sima Gonsai and choreographed by Chitraleka Bolar. Selected for 60 second dance film competition.

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FREEFALL (2012) & WE ARE HERE-BEHIND THE SCENES (2017) Directed by Sima Gonsai Dancers: Katerina PsaroudakiT. Bishop, Ch. Brookes, N. Hodges, S. Jobson, B. Kirby, N. Malins, J. Nicholls, P.Pedley, J. Reed, Ch. Treadwelldesign: Xanth Kontou Music: Richard Syner Camera: Sima Gonsai, Babis Alexiadis, Chris Keenan "Freefall" is a Dance for Camera film featuring Freefall Dance Company, and was commissioned by Mencap as part of their 2012 Cultural Olympiad project, We Dance. This film was produced by a group of young filmmakers with a learning disability and will be screened throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games on the BBC Big Screen.

Freefall Dance Company, led by former Birmingham Royal Ballet dancers and staff from Fox Hollies Performing Arts College, was established in 2002 evolving from a long-term partnership and ongoing relationship between the two organisations.

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SOHAR VILLEGAS (ESP) (VIDA)NZA(2015) Choreographer / Performer : Ana I. Cotoré Music: "Arrival" by Lee Rosevere Camera / Edit: Sohar Villegas Vídeo-dance filmed in Barcelona city and in the forests of NSW, Australia (VIDA)nza is a game of Spanish words where VIDA (life) and danza (dance) come together, no matter when or where for this to happen. It only matters if your body is ready to talk. As Emma Goldman said: "If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution".

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YAGO DE MATEO (ESP) PRIVATE PARTY (2014) Choreographer / Performer: Ana I. Cotoré Music: John Talabot - The West Camera / Edit: Yago de Mateo The PRIVATE PARTY videodance symbolizes everything about the Zentai culture from Japan. Zentai (from the Japanese ゼンタイ ) is a term for skin-tight garments that cover the entire body. Under the second skin or zentai suit there is someone who lives her private party, who dances freely and without external judgment, building the reality she needs to be able to continue existing in a medium sometimes perceived as an obstacle to the development of the self when it is viewed as a social process.

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A I A P I & S P A Z I O - T E M P O A R T E P R E S E N T S A T F E S T I V A L X - 2 4 2 0 1 8 :

HUMAN RIGHTS? #EDU- 2018 EDITION [VIDEO ART SELECTION] Education isn’t a privilege but a human right. it is an empowerment right; it lifts marginalised groups out of poverty; it is an indispensable means of realising other rights; it contributes to the full development of the human personality.

HUMAN RIGHTS? #EDU asks to the artists to represent and tell, with their own artistic language, a personal vision of the problem of the right to education representing a story, a concept, a complaint, or showing a future perspective as message of hope or even as a concrete proposal on the opportunities to be pursued to achieve this fundamental goal for the construction of a fair and right society.

161 ARTISTS from 37 COUNTRIES have been selected to take part in an exhibition from 23 June to 23 September 2018 at Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti | Rovereto | TN | Italy.

For the Festival x-24 2018, a selection of 10 video works, curated

by Roberto Ronca, will be screened as an installation in the space of x-church for the duration of 24 hours non-stop.

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Mapping the Sound_Soundscape Portrait (short version) | 05'00'' CHIARA MAZZOCCHI (IT)

conCOSCIENZA | 0'35'' DARONI ART (MEX/NOR)

The Observer | 10'05'' GALA MIRISSA (ESP)

Various Gif in Loop | 01'31''

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Because I am | 06'38''

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SYLVIA TOY ST. LOUIS (USA) DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY BUT (2018) This video was created for THE DEMOCRACY SCRABBLE PROJECT (dotbox.it/main/event/the-democracy-scrabbleproject/). Bad experiences such as mean things people say to you are like money in the bank for a performance artist who has a mind like a trap. So if you don't want that mean thought about me remembered, do not say it to me.

PEOPLE WHO CARRY THEIR HURT WHEREVER THEY GO (2018) This is an improvised performance inspired by one of those "moments of complete clarity." I volunteer doing office work at a nonprofit theater service organization in downtown San Francisco. The office suite is quite lovely and it's thrilling to sometimes hear professional theater rehearsals in other parts of the building. But we are located in the roughest part of downtown and more than once, I have interrupted a drug deal that was taking place in the doorway downstairs. A few weeks ago, just as I stepped out of the building onto a sidewalk crowded with broken down, beaten down people of all ages, sizes, shapes and colors, one face stood out among all those dozens of faces: a scowling, scruffy, shaggy-haired very young man wearing too many clothes for the weather and a huge backpack.

He was so young and so angry and so focused; and I had that moment of clarity that I was surrounded at that moment by people who probably carry all the terrible things that had ever happened to them around with them all the time like all the jackets the boy was wearing and his huge backpack. I couldn't stop thinking about him and this performance started forming inside my head. I was invited to screen this movie in Festival x-24Â and there are not enough words for how gratifying it is that one of my peers thinks the movie could be relevant for young people.

Materials: human actor, clothing, greenscreen, found sound, B-roll.

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CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS (USA/UK) UNTITLED: PORTRAITS (2017) Untitled: Portraits (2017) are together studies which draw inspiration partly from Warhol’s Screen Tests, with the thought that if he were alive today he would be engaging with the music video as a format at the centre of pop culture.

With these works I am interested in iconoclasm, a critical engagement with technique and the formal properties of popular media. Whilst drawing on certain familiar values of the music video (in terms of rhythm, editing, length and addressal of audience) I intend to re-focus on performance within the medium.

The videos are played without the sound so that the subject, the body and its gestures, becomes more present; the identity of the music is present only through its embodiment. By masking the gender of the singer and the placing of the (white mid-30s) male body in relation to the music and its performance, I aim to highlight the codes of gender and performance of sexualities. *Made with the in-kind support from Sadlers Wells

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FRANCESCA LOLLI (IT) NO PLACE FOR A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE (2017) Freedom of Speech is the foundation of all the other forms of freedoms. Without freedom of speech, democracy is an imposture. Every freedom that we possess or we aspire to possess is born because it was possible to think freely, to discuss freely, to write freely. In the world today, only 40% of citizens live in a fully free State.

Written and directed by Francesca Lolli Performers: Anna Maria Dammiani and Alice Spito Cinematographer: Alfredo Betro' Colorist: Mario Parruccini Scenographer: Â Michele Modafferi Assistant Scenographer: Paolo Sinigaglia

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RUTH SERGEL (USA) BELLE (2004) - 35mm • 16 min. [fiction film] Quietly shocking in its frankness – Film Threat Belle is a subversive fable of old age and beauty. The film was made with a community of 80 – 93 year old women whose participation as actors and advisors shaped the heart of the work.

Writer/Director Ruth Sergel • Producers Pamela Griffiths • Nicole Franklin • Maya Montañez Smukler • Associate Producers Jude Calder, Mei Szetu • Director of Photography David Griffiths • Editor Lora Zaretsky • Music Michael Montes • Costume Designer Suzanne Kelly • Production Designer Paul Weathered • Sound Editor Al Zaleski • Title Design Steve Tozzi • Mr. Fix-it Manfred Reiff • Production Manager Carolyn Hepburn Belle: Ethel Greenbaum • Ladies of the Boardwalk: Marion Baker, Hope Bernstein, Goldie Gold, Blanche Schreiber, Ruth Shapiro, Susan Spielman, Ruth Vogel • Pablo: George Valencia • Cashiers: Jennifer Poe, Jennifer Vilette • Gas Station Attendant: Juan Molinari • Dandy: Nathan Farb • Hussy: Deborah Schwartz • Store Customers: Kate & Lola Buncher, Robert Castanos, Sylvia Cattan, Denise, Sarah & Sylvia Grazi, Shannon Mincieli, Christopher Trudeau • Gas Station Customers: Kristen Carey, Molly Lariccia, Manfred Reiff • Boardwalk: Marsha Gildin, Franklin Perkins, Marilyn Silverman • Belle’s Neighbor: Shirley Seligman • Belle’s Son: Michael Shulan • Secretary: Vera Zelen • Pablo’s Wife: Candice Coke

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OUR WARMEST THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISTS FOR TAKING PART IN THE X-24 VIDEO SCREENING