Aiming at the Sky

Election Promises, Raphael Montanez Ortiz, us 1988, 8 min.
Track One, eteam, tw 2011, 2 min.
Satellite, As Long As it Is Aiming at the Sky, Babak Afrassiabi & Nasrin Tabatabai, nl 2010, 29 min. *
Tandid – Condamnation, Walid Mattar, tu/fr 2010, 15 min.
The Story of Milk and Honey, Basma Al Sharif, ps 2011, 10 min.
Farewell, Stefan Zeyen, de 2009, 3 min.*

* Artists present for Q+A

Television in two senses, both as technical instrument of image transmission, and as metaphor for communication over great distances. A classic scratch-technique short film (Election Promises, 1988) is followed by a contemporary work, Track One, which reflects on the manipulability of images. The short feature Tandid examines the state of Tunisian society before the revolution, while Satellite focuses on attempts by Iranian expatriate communities to influence the politics of their homeland via satellite television. The Story of Milk and Honey presents a poetic tale of individual love and the love for society; and in Farewell, a moment of physical parting dissolves away, finally and visually, into digital noise.

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