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We wanted to share with you Sólveig Eva's recent collaboration, which recently premiered at the Nordic Film Festival New York.
Eight (chapters) between friends and lovers as their relationships build, break down or stand completely still. Honourable Mention at the Nordic International Film Festival, New York "A fun and completely unique way to portray relationships."
Sólveig recently performed in artist Xavier Cha's new experimental short on the body and subjectivity. The film has now been released through Frieze Films and Channel 4's Random Acts, and is "a first look at the artist's forthcoming solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland."
“Capturing actors as they battle conflicting emotions, held in tense states of physical and psychological discord. While outwardly (and non-linguistically) expressing an extreme emotion, such as livid rage, a more subtle emotion emerges from beneath the surface. Both emotions function as foreign agents attempting to gain dominance, or hijack the vehicle of the actor’s facial expression and body. This new work continues Cha’s exploration of the body, individual, and self, and how these are contained, expressed, and mediated. ”
“Cha has produced a series of short films capturing actors as they battle conflicting emotions, held in tense states of physical and psychological discord. While outwardly (and non-linguistically) expressing an extreme emotion, such as livid rage, a more subtle emotion emerges from beneath the surface. Both emotions function as foreign agents attempting to gain dominance, or hijack the vehicle of the actor’s facial expression and body. ”
“This new work continues Cha’s exploration of the body, individual, and self, and how these are contained, expressed, and mediated. Her performance-based works formalizes subjectivity within contemporary culture, isolating elements of production, perception, and communication into bare, abstract, and often illogical experience. abduct is produced in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. After its debut for Frieze Film, the work will be presented as an expanded installation, accompanied by live performances, for Cha’s upcoming solo exhibition (January 29 – May 8, 2016), organized by Rose Bouthillier, Associate Curator.”
The poetry short film Unlined featuring Sólveig Eva (stage alias Eva Solveig) just got shortlisted for the British Independent Film Awards.
Artistic Director Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir recently performed in this viking fuelled music video by Arctic Roots as a mythological water deity.
We are immensely proud of this new collaborative project between our artistic director Anna Korolainen and 3D artist Louis Crevier who has been a consistent collaborator of us since Carroll: Berserkur.
Check out their article in The Creators Project:
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/fuel-your-nightmares-with-hyper-surreal-digital-short-menetys
