Neighbour Abdi

How can you understand a violent past? Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbour and filmmaker Douwe. Through playful reconstructions in a special effects studio, they embark on a candid and investigative journey through a painful history, focusing on the creative process throughout.

Staging Silence (2)

Staging Silence (2) refers to the game of reality and appearance which characterizes the tableau vivant, the diorama and the puppet theatre. The result is the opposite of a still life: in a space of permanent metamorphosis there is no more room for death, nothingness, the void, stasis, an ending.

Drei Grazien (Three Graces)

With the very first sound recordings of the human voice as starting point, the 3 Faraday sisters – Optica, Acoustica and Writing – attend different workshops in the 20th century where man and machine are linked together, so that new circuits can be opened for artists and engineers.