Cécile B. Evans
Cécile B. EVANS (1983, USA) is a Belgian-American artist. Evans reflects on the value of emotion in contemporary society, and how exchanges between humans and machines have impacted us. She has recently exhibited at Tate Liverpool, the 9th Berlin Biennale, and De Hallen in Haarlem. Evans currently lives and works in London. A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle has its international premiere at IFFR 2020.
Filmography
(selection, all short) The Brightness (2013), How happy a Thing can be (2014), Hyperlinks or It Didn't Happen (2014), What the Heart Wants (2016), A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle (2019)
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Cécile B. Evans at IFFR
What the Heart Wants
Set deep within an imagined future, HYPER, a new system that has achieved the ultimate goal of becoming human, introduces us to her dizzying world.
41'
Germany
IFFR 2017
A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle
The ballet Giselle reimagined as an ecofeminist thriller. Digital footage, VHS, animation and deep AI represent a newly hybridised world.
9'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2020