59 SECONDS INTERNATIONAL FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL
Blind Spots2005 Jenny Vogel (USA) A close-up of an eye with the reflection of a TV continuously switching channels. The reflection of the TV replaces the pupil as the eye is scanning the images.
Mediated 2005 Raina Benoit (USA) The sense of powerlessness is explored in a media-controlled world. The TV is reintroduced as a hauntingly active agent incubating my identity as a woman and self .
If you don’t call me back… 2004 Alain K (France)camera: Sophie Pigeron
“Each separation related to our emotional life sends us back to separations which we experienced in our early childhood starting from separating from the mother’s breast.” Necessary Renunciations by JudithViorst
16 Stones 2005 Radim Labuda (Czech Republic)
Deleuze, Guattari - Anti-Oedipus narrated by Martin C. Schmidt
Gas Em 2005 Ianthe Jackson (USA) Animated drawn paper cut outs explore the intersection of contemporary social constructs and attempt to walk through social boundaries.
cart-ography 2005Lora Alaniz (USA)
A real-time video documenting the mundane existence of a shopping cart’s wheel.
Buster 2004 Diana Kingsley (USA)“A moth-like lantern fly flutters between a flower and a window, beating its wings against the glass…” Oona Stern A Little Slapstick, artnet.com
Fly Gruppo Sinestetico (Italy)
Borderpass 2004 BridA (Slovenija) The border crossing is ever present deep within us and becomes a metaphor for all our border crossings, which were crossed and ever will be crossed by us.
Perfect Family Irina Danilova, Hiram Levy (Ukraine/USA 2005)
With Sarah, Rosa and Yelena Lidsky, Ignat Ayzenberg and dog Laila
Every family has mementos… Sometime you have to stop breakfast in order to catch one.
59 Pellets David Lachman USA A short video about Zami, a cat with a will to eat.
She loves her pellets and won't be distracted from them for too long.
The Bourgeois 2004 Carine Doerflinger (Germany) The pigs are like the bourgeois, aren’t they?
Run From It Norm Scott (USA) All the joy and horror of growing up, distilled into one 59 second jaunt down a steep cow pasture in Southwest Virginia.
Freeze 2004 Akiko and Masako Takada (UK)
Plastic packages are transformed into a cityscape. Gradually it becomes frosted and frozen over. The scene captures the moment of natural transformation.
Hitler, the First Superstar 2004 Darya Zhuk (Belarus)
A study in deconstruction of Leni Refienstahl's Triumph des Willens famous sequence.
Hitler's speech at Nuremberg rally is edited to leave him speechless on the podium.
Saddamites Fereshteh Toosi (USA) withMark Dixon & Tsvika Solan
Inspired by Saddam Hussein’s use of body doubles during his career in Iraq, the video documents a visit to WashingtonDC wearing Saddam masks on his birthday in 2003.
Twenty-Six Randall Wakerlin (USA) One self portrait every day for a year.
Both Ends David Lachman (USA) A meditation on burning the candle at both ends. Can we take the time to just enjoy the smoke? Interesting patterns are created in the swirls and wisps, such as the number 59.