- Fridericianum
DokfestForum takes place in cooperation with the 41. Kasseler Dokfest and directs its focus on the intersection of film, documentary, and visual art. Over two consecutive evenings, a selection of videos by Klara Hobza and Eli Cortiñas are presented at the Fridericianum. The screenings are followed by a talk, where the artists each discuss the ideas and strategies behind their respective works.
Klara Hobza: On Slaughter
Film screening and talk
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 6.30–8 pm
In her recently published short film On Slaughter (2023, 16 mins), Klara Hobza accompanies Markus, a farmer in the remote forests of Sweden, as he slaughters two sheep. During the slaughter process, Markus provides profound insight into his personal experiences, skills, and knowledge from a life dedicated to living with and off the land. He reflects upon memories of what he learned from stubborn old farmers and people in the Siberian wilderness. Through On Slaughter, viewers gain a deep understanding of Markus’s thoughtful approach to keeping of animals—including the act of slaughter—as being an inherent part of a healthy ecosystem.
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Eli Cortiñas: Surrender, Dorothy
Film screening and talk
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 6.30–8 pm
Eli Cortiñas’ practice centers around the idea of challenging our audiovisual cultural memory by analyzing existing material and combining it with her own film, video and audio archives. By first collecting, organizing and classifying the sourced material, the artist then reworks and reimagines the found film, YouTube, advertising or animation footage in a next step, disrupting and re-structuring narrative flows. Cortiñas’ video montages, collages and object arrangements suggest new and different meanings to appropriated and edited footage, in order to debunk myths and hegemonic narratives, as the Canary Islands native artist states. This method of ‘editing as writing’ generates a mixed feeling of both identification and alienation. A deep dive into psychological, aesthetic and societal questions, Eli Cortiñas manages to create an ambiguous and affirmative transparency within her work inviting her audience to explore power, memory and politics.
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