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Monuments both remind and warn. They speak to the future and the past, publicly marking what a culture needs to be reminded of. This project seeks to open dialogue about this play between the past and the future, offering alternative and augmented views of what society chooses to remember and forget, and what underlying values and ideologies are embedded in markers of "public memory." Monument Recall challenges the conventional definition of monuments, presenting work by a range of contemporary international artists, designers, architects and writers that expand the breadth, voice, appearance or materiality of what we are accustomed to seeing in public monuments or memorials, offering new imagery and concepts of what a monument can be.
Some contributors question what the public values by presenting unconventional content that represents collective memory within the framework of conventional monuments, as defined by our culture. Others address the impact of changing politics upon the public topography of cultural or historical memory. Contemporary political events have weighed heavily upon the demands for, and responsibilities of monuments to form a bridge between individual lives and larger institutional values. At the heart of the all these works presented in this exhibition, is a broader discussion around the practice and expectations of public commemoratives.
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Monument
directed by Amy Harrison
USA,
Experimental,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:01:30
Monument captures rocks in motion to create a dance to the unseen life of the natural world. This 1 minute 30 second piece questions the presumed permanence of stone’s materiality, and imagines nature's visce... more info
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Batuta Lui Oprica
directed by Irina Botea
Romania,
Comedy / Satire,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:01:13
The dwarfs from the garden and Snow White are celebrating Casa Poporului birthday - Casa Poporului is an architectural momument that represents a history of hate and hunger.... more info
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Post Apocalypse Now
directed by David Fenster
USA,
Experimental,
2002,
Color,
00:04:00
This project was shot on mini DV and rotoscoped frame by frame, it follows a visitor around post apocalyptic earth.... more info
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Nest
directed by Roderick Hietbrink
Netherlands,
Animation,
2004,
3D Animation,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:01:40
The 3D animation "Nest" shows a construction of bars with different dimensions that seem to have a mutual connection when it is suddenly put in motion.
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Lightning Field
directed by Rudy Lemcke
USA,
Experimental,
2003,
DV,
B&W,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:00
Rudy Lemcke’s “Lightning Field” (2003) with its faux lightning storm, simulated landscape and potential for endless replay, offers a critique of Walter DeMaria’s aesthetic of place (landscape/earth) and the a... more info
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Cow Session
directed by Irina Botea
Romania,
Comedy / Satire,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:04:22
Casa Poporului transformed into a dwarf for gardens is being licked by Swiss cows.... more info
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Rubber Band Ball
directed by Ellen Lake
USA,
Documentary,
2002,
Super 8mm & DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:00
San Francisco legends Samir and Nabil Kishek worked for over two years from their storefront, the Pride Superette, on their quest to build the world's largest rubber band ball.... more info
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Screenwindow
directed by Amy Youngs
USA,
Documentary,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:24
Constructed entirely from computer screenshots, SCREENWINDOW chronicles a personal, three-year obsession with a web cam of the Empire State Building.... more info
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L.City
directed by Sandro Del Rosario
USA,
Animation,
2002,
16mm,
B&W,
Optical Monaural,
00:08:00
A man remembers the woman who left him alone, in the city they loved each other …Writing a poem is like bringing a new life to memories of love.
Exterior atmosphere of the city, weather and sound reflect an ... more info
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Neeranakallu
directed by Niharika Hariharan, Anjora Noronha and Smriti Mehra
India,
Documentary,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:06:00
Neeranakallu in English means stone made of water. It is shot in the city of Bangalore (India), at its largest Dhobi Ghat in Malleshwaram. The film shuffles between the boundaries of non fiction and documenta... more info
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Breakdown
directed by Karen Vanderborght
Belgium,
Documentary,
2003,
DV,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:10
Heartbreak housing block breaks down with a vengeance.
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Composition in Red and Yellow
directed by Roger Beebe
USA,
Experimental,
2002,
super 8,
Color,
other,
00:02:30
In our time of national crisis, who can we turn to? Look to the Golden Arches™, my friend. Look to the Golden Arches™.... more info
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Preshow Installation: REPROSENTATION by Wolfgang Bittner (Austria).
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Program MC-309 may be licensed for exhibition |
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