Ciné Lecture
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The presentation will depart from the series of films Who is Afraid of Ideology? to discuss methodologies, structures and tools of producing films in collaboration with different groups of people. It will then try to imagine a structure for the production of films that are embedded in land struggle and that takes into consideration relations with land and animals. What form could such a structure entail? how can we think of a structure that is mobile, metabolic and close to certain qualities of the ground, the earth and the land. Just like an animal has the right of passage across private property, the structure and the films will be conceived as a mobile entity that travels across the land in order to propose new forms and relations.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation between Marwa Arsanios and Lara Khaldi.
Marwa Arsanios addresses structural questions using different devices, forms and strategies. From investigating the conflict-driven transformation of architecture to exploring artist-run spaces and temporary conventions between feminist communes and cooperatives, her practice aims to make space within − and without − existing art structures to experiment with different kinds of politics. She frequently uses the medium (and space) of film to connect struggles as if they were images. In her ongoing film series Who is Afraid of Ideology (since 2017), she weaves an intersectional path through the resistance of women on the frontline in places such as Northern Syria and Colombia to claim the unmediated right to land and water.
With these works, Arsanios has adopted a new materialist perspective on these issues, focusing on feminist movements and historic land struggles. In this approach, she explores questions of property, law, economy, and ecology while looking at specific plots of lands and the people who work on them.
Lara Khaldi Lara Khaldi is a cultural worker based between Jerusalem, Palestine and Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is an alumna of the de Appel curatorial programme, Amsterdam, and the European Graduate School, Switzerland. She has collaborated often with Al Ma’mal Art Foundation in Jerusalem, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah and Sharjah Art Foundation. She is a co-founding member of School of Intrusions and Question of Funding collectives. She taught at and was the head of the Media Studies Program at Bard Al Quds, Jerusalem 2017-2020. She was a member of the curatorial team of documenta fifteen. Lara has been artistic director of de Appel, Amsterdam since January 2023.
