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A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (with Coke, Vinegar and other Tear Gas Remedies)

A 240 Second Analysis of Failure and Hopefulness (with Coke, Vinegar and other Tear Gas Remedies)

Basim Magdy | Egypt | 2012 | 8' |

| IFFR 2015

A double slide projection illustrates the necessary destruction that takes place on sites of construction. Using teargas remedies used by revolutionaries in the Middle East, the photographic processing smears the slides in a mixture of hues to depict a familiar site in an otherworldly place.

Also in this combined programme

13 Essential Rules for Understanding the World
As Long As It Takes: Short
‘Never try to change anything,’ say tulips with faces. In his parody of educational films, Magdy’s humour has a cynical edge.
Crystal Ball
As Long As It Takes: Short
A haze of grey covers the screen while sonar beeps echo through. Magdy’s camera looks through a crystal ball to find a familiar future.
Investigating the Color Spectrum for the Post-Apocalyptic Future Landscape
As Long As It Takes: Short
Using household chemicals for photographic processing, bold colours and smears cover the slides of Lanzarote’s barren landscape that appears like an u
The Dent
As Long As It Takes: Short
Infused with melancholic tones, a story of collective belief in the face of hopelessness. An unknown city prepares to host the Olympics.
My Father Looks for an Honest City
As Long As It Takes: Short
Diogenes of Sinope carried a lamp in the daytime to ‘look for an honest man.’ Magdy’s father reenacts the gesture in the outskirts of Cairo.
Time Laughs Back at You Like a Sunken Ship
As Long As It Takes: Short
Basim Magdy’s wide range of work extends from painting to filmmaking and photography. He blends fiction with reality by manipulating how images are re