Between a Gaze and a Gesture
With images sourced from the Liberty human rights archive, this installation shows post-colonial and racial tensions in mid-20th-century Britain.
Netherlands
IFFR 2019
Galvanisation is the application of an electrical current to startle and stimulate. Using found 35mm slides depicting an abandoned mosque, Raha Raissnia’s performance considers the state of religion in contemporary society, often treated as a thing of the past with little relevance to today.
IFFR 2019
- 20'
- USA
- 2018
- Director
- Raha Raissnia
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 20'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Language
- no dialogue
- Director
- Raha Raissnia
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 20'
- Medium
- 35mm
- Language
- no dialogue
Programme IFFR 2019
Blackout
This exhibition and series of performances spotlight works that explore history and memory from a personal perspective through the carousel slide projector.
Read more about this programmeBlack Utopia LP
80'
USA
IFFR 2019
Fossil Locomotion
Belgium
IFFR 2019