Rupert together with a curator Shama Khanna invites all to a screening of two short films: “Öndivatbemutató” (“Self Fashion Show”) (1976) by Tibor Hajas and “Cilaos” (2016) by Camilo Restrapo on December 10, from 6 pm in film centre SKALVIJA.
Curator has invited a small group of artists whom she met through her Rupert residency in Vilnius in 2015 to make a response to these films after the screening. Public will have the chance to watch the films and join the artists” discussion.
“Öndivatbemutató” (“Self Fashion Show”), 1976, 14 min. 30 sec. by Tibor Hijas (1946–1980, Hungary) was made for the Balázs Béla Stúdió in 1976. It captures passers-by on a busy square in the heart of Budapest. They are asked to assume a pose of their own choice for a minute and to present themselves as “models of their own destiny”. The voiceover in Hajas’s’ film is a dystopic twist on Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests filmed 10 years earlier.
“Cilaos”, 2016, 12 min. by Camilo Restrepo (b. 1975, Columbia)
To keep a promise made to her dying mother, a young woman goes off in search of her father, a womanizer she has never met. Along the way, she soon learns that he is dead. But that doesn’t change her plans, she still intends to find him. Carried by the spell-binding rhythm of the maloya, a ritual chant from Reunion Island, Cilaos explores the deep and murky ties that bind the dead and the living.
Shama Khanna is a curator, educator and writer based in London where she curates “Flatness“ a multi-format research and commissioning project. Khanna has presented screening and discussion events relating to ‘Flatness’ at international venues including Oberhausen Film Festival, Germany, Chisenhale Gallery and The Showroom in London, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Western Front, Vancouver, Microscope Gallery, NYC, Rupert, Vilnius and Moderna Museet, Malmö.
In participation with: Eglė Budvytytė, Lina Lapelytė, Deimantas Narkevičius, Ulijona Odišarija, Maya Tounta
The screening is organised by Rupert.
The event is supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture.
Partner – film centre Skalvija.
The event is free of charge.
