A short film featuring the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals in harmony with each one's respective trine. It is a celebration of a new year in the calendar cycle.
Tala Madani's paintings, deadpan and brushy scenes of fictive ritual create a grotesquery populated by dichotomies. Figures simultaneously innocent and nefarious, furtive and self-aware, or comical and violent float through a hazy pastel palette that seems to shine light through the vulgar comforts of bonding
Beneath the Light is about a silk scarf flowing and dancing through her magical world while she attempts to flee from evil spirits represented as dark clouds. The film is animated under camera with acrylic paint on canvas and the figures are choreographed to a dramatic Mozart piece.
One late summer evening at the nightclub “Båten Båten” in Umeå, Anna meets Nils. Nils is a 30-year-old DJ, while Anna, 23, works at a nursing home. They fall head over heels for each other, and soon Anna discovers she is pregnant. Suddenly, they are faced with the huge challenge of becoming parents.
Sarah and her two cats go about their separate lives. The cats have strange dreams about their desires, and Sarah develops an unshakable paranoia that something is wrong with them. Sarah's paranoia bleeds into her social life, and her two cats have their dreams come true.
In the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, perhaps it's just an illusion, or perhaps it's simply the humbleness of everyday life.
“I’m Fine” is a very personal story about dealing with depression, anxiety and the never ending healing journey. It is about every day fights to keep oneself above water, to reach stability.
Two cells befriend each other and explore the organism they inhabit. They grow together, until an accidental separation forces them to follow a different path. They continue to evolve and specialize, influenced by their respective experiences. When they finally meet again, it's to find that they have inexorably become incompatible.
With his video History of the Main Complaint (1996) serving as a backdrop, William Kentridge discusses how artists draw upon tragedy as subject matter for their work and how drawing itself can be a compassionate act.
One night, Pyjama awakens alone in his room, immersed in nostalgic thoughts. Suddenly, mysterious shadows appear and captivate him. His bed comes to life and carries him away in a strange and magical dance.