Join us for a screening of short works curated by Maja Čule, an artist included in Reanimator.
Drive Recovery
This screening brings together films that are retelling, and revising the events from the past, with a goal to preserve memory and influence the present narratives. Looking at personal histories is somewhat like plugging in a broken storage device that underwent a data recovery, full of previously invisible memories. Films in these series show us what was previously unseen, uncovering whole systems.
In Miloš Trakilović's film, a post-It note with a list of possessions a refugee family plans to take before they have to leave their home is a starting point for an argument about right to memories. Vika Kirchenbauer returns to childhood home after an absence of over ten years and working with photographs taken on this journey, combined with scans of childhood drawings, CD booklets, family photos creates a portrait of a younger version of self, exploring the distance in relation to one's own life. Jonna Kina's film gathers stories about internet passwords, and the ways coding of physical history and memory becomes an access key to all kinds of commerce and services in the virtual world. In the film by Martine Syms, a narrator describes a brief encounter with their crush in a hazy, dream-like journey. Nicole Hewitt's film revolves around the protagonist - Jasna, multiple characters she had encountered share their stories about Jasna, as well as available data about her life including court transcripts and job applications.
Program:
Jonna Kina, Secret Words and Related Stories, 2013-2016
Nicole Hewitt, Jasna 01/Pictures, 2013
Miloš Trakilović, All But War is simulation, 2021
Vika Kirchenbauer, THE CAPACITY FOR ADEQUATE ANGER, 2021
Martine Syms, The Fool, 2021
Duration: 75 mins
Maja Čule
Maja Čule works as a filmmaker and a visual artist, with time based media, and as an educator. They organize queer and trans residency program House of Neda in NYC. They had solo exhibitions at Arcadia Missa Gallery, London, Company Gallery, NYC, and Mochvara Gallery in Zagreb, they participated in group exhibitions at Andreas Huber Gallery in Vienna, CCS Hessel Museum of Art, New York, and at the 60th Venice Biennale.