IMA alum Iva Radivojevic is included in the 8th annual Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki Greece, sharing her film Aleph in three screens, an immersive multichannel video. The event started in December last year and continues until May 21st.
About the biennial :
“The exchange of ideas, values and norms, within a context of a multitude of cultural, geographical and political debates and conflicts, is at the core of the concept of ‘geoculture’ in the political and social sciences. This is the rationale behind the decision of the 8th edition of Thessaloniki’s Biennale of Contemporary Art to turn its attention to the terms ‘land’ (“geo-”) and ‘culture’, connecting the cultivation of land with culture, understood as a set of resources, texts and practices which are available to people, helping them better understand and more effectively act in the world. It explores issues of memory, history, and managing both the natural and man-made environment, under the conditions of the climate, economic and refugee crises.”
https://biennale8.gr/
About Aleph:
“Structured like a game inside a labyrinth, the centre of which is eternity, Radivojevic’s Aleph resembles a contemplative collage, a scrapbook containing images and sounds of the past, present and future. A diary for recording dreams, a documentary with elements of magical realism, formed with fragments of the protagonists’ experiences, stories, concerns, and thoughts: with all this material scattered across ten countries, five continents, and various languages, in constant interaction with each other. There is no position of authority in the telling of the stories; instead, each actor/author involved appears as a co-creator, featuring in each segment whilst also being a part of a larger whole. Everyone, both separately and as a whole, seems to experience being, with no distinct sense of before or after, beginning or end, as a constant flow without oppositional standoffs, linking the present to the evermore.”
https://www.ivaasks.com
https://www.alephthefilm.com
