VIDEOLAND is Resistanceland at WIRWIR
Last month I was one of four artists invited by April Gertler, one of the co-founders of WIRWIR - an artist run space in Berlin, to submit clips for VIDEOLAND, an event that is hosted there every few months. The theme for this edition is Resistance, and I immediately said yes.
April Gerlter is also a multi-disciplinary artist. I first met her in 2015 during my time at the fall session of Picture Berlin, an artist residency she launched in 2009.
If you live in Berlin, or know anyone there that might be interested in this event, please let them know. It is free to attend.
V I D E O L A N D is RESISTANCELAND
December 5 at 7pm
WIRWIR, Stuttgarter Str. 56, 12059 Berlin
VIDEOLAND is an event that invites people working in the arts to share film and video clips that have actively informed, intrigued, humoured and even possible bored or upset them.
Featuring:
Reine Chahine
Simon Faithful
Hind Mezaina
Alex Tapia
Yixin Wang
VIDEOLAND is part of I II I A RADICAL READING ROOM focusing on themes of resistance, exile, revolution.
I collated 20 minutes clips that include music, interviews, film and readings. Here are a few stills from my selection and I will share a detailed list after the event.
[UPDATE - December 10]
Text from the programme notes:
VIDEOLAND - RESISTANCE
Video clips submitted by Hind Mezaina
A selection of clips from music videos, interviews, film and a music concert that encapsulate my thoughts and feelings on the state of politics, culture and human society for the past year.
1. Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers (1980)
2. New Order - State of a Nation (1986)
3. Interview with Hanif Kureishi - British Library (2016)
4. Max Porter - Wild West, Palestine Festival of Literature (2024)
5. Interview with Hilton Als - Talk Easy Podcast (2023)
6. Toot Ard - Laissez Passer (2017)
7. Take it Easy Hospital - Human Jungle (2001)
8. Pet Shop Boys - What Are We Going to Do About the Rich? (2019)
9. Interview with Nan Goldin - Louisiana Museum (2024)
10. James Benning - Clip from glory (2019)
11. Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée, Live from Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (2006)
Hind Mezaina is an artist, film curator and writer from Dubai. Her interests lie in cinema, cities, visual culture, collective memory and archives. www.hindmezaina.com - @hindmezaina