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MAGIC This Video-Composition includes 25 videos / 25 artists / 25 countries : 44 min
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MAGIC
25 artists - 47 min. - 2024
COMPUTATIONAL OBJECT 1 (AI-altered self-portrait) - Alessandra Arnò (Italy - 1)
BEYOND - Cagdas Kahriman (Türkiye - 2)
MEDITATION - Fatima Mazmouz (Morocco - 3)
ANAK - Christie Widiarto (Australia - 4)
VEILED (Voluptuousness) - Véronique Sapin (France / Canada - 5)
MAGIC - Yue Liang (China - 6)
ELEMENTAL MAGIC - C. M. Judge (United States of America - 7)
THE SOUND - Félicité Codjo (Republic of Senegal - 8)
DREAM'S NAVEL - Heejeong Jeong (South Korea - 9)
PARTICLES - Anna van Breest Smallenburg (The Netherlands - 10)
THERE IS ONLY ONE CONSCIOUSNESS - Alena Kupcikova (Czech Republic - 11)
THE CENSORSHIP OF MY FLESH, A SPELL AGAINST CAPITALIST LOVE - Helena Martin Franco (Colombia - 12)
NEMETON - Kerry Baldry (England - 13)
MAKING A FLOWER - Surekha (India - 14).
THE ELDORADO OF THE OTHERS - Rachida Azdaou (Algeria - 15)
AFTER NOON - Tanya Akhmetgalieva (Russia - 16)
PRACTICAL MAGIC - Nicoletta Stalder (Switzerland - 17)
THE MAGIC OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL - Angie Bonino (Peru - 18)
DO YOU SEE HER? - Lucy Azubuike (Nigeria - 19)
THE MAGIC CIRCLE - Maria de Alba (Spain - 20)
LIMIT - Tanja Koistila (Finland - 21)
SONG OF THE SINGING DUNE - Katya Nikonorova (Kazakhstan - 22)
THE THIRD FORCE - Irina Gabiani (Luxembourg / Georgia - 23)
PERCEPTION - Sigrun Hardardottir (Iceland - 24)
BUOYANCY - Angelika Rinnhofer (Germany - 25)
CONCEPT
According to several authors, including Plutarch, Hieronymus Bosch's painting, "The Conjurer," represents the oldest magic trick, already practiced in Egyptian times. Our fascination with magic and the enduring figure of the magician throughout the centuries in most cultures raises questions about the permanence of the attraction that conjuring tricks exert on the mind. Magicians are the only ones who can deceive us and make us laugh at the same time. With them, the loss of our connection to reality or truth takes the form of a game, a spectacle.
Before science could provide answers to the questions that tormented humanity, the functioning of the world seemed governed by incomprehensible forces. The need for rational explanations certainly led to organizing the world so that it became logical and therefore reassuring, but at the same time, it provided irrational answers, steeped in magic and the miraculous, to which the Human beings have clung to each other like lifebelts. "In the absence of power, we need trust," writes Bergson in The Two Sources of Morality and Religion.
Much like a magician, the artist suspends all the laws of physics and perception to bend reality to his will. His work is an enclave within reality to propose another reality.
"Art is a lie that tells the truth" Jean Cocteau
At the heart of video composition, the video works question the notion of "what is magical" as a source of comfort, inspiration, and transformation, but also of manipulation, illusion, and danger.
1 - Marvel
The universe is a vast ocean of mysteries, a cosmic canvas where the infinitely large and the infinitely small meet and merge. At the heart of this immensity, the human being, a spark of consciousness, a fragment of stardust, somehow stands.
Our presence in this universe is a subtle dance between chance and necessity, where every note, every moment, can be a source of wonder. The magic of our existence lies in our capacity to marvel, to question, to dream. We are curious beings, explorers of the invisible, seekers of meaning.
Facing the Universe
The universe, in its immensity, is the scene of extraordinary phenomena, from the birth of stars to the formation of galaxies. It is the cradle of our existence, the ultimate mystery we seek to unravel.
PARTICLES - Anna van Breest Smallenburg (The Netherlands - 10)
THE MAGIC OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL - Angie Bonino (Peru - 18)
THE THIRD FORCE - Irina Gabiani (Luxembourg / Georgia - 23)
Mirror of the Human Soul
Magic, beyond its spectacular manifestations, when considered by artists as a mirror of the human soul, reveals our deepest desires, our most secret fears, our wildest hopes, and confronts us with our own limits.
MEDITATION - Fatima Mazmouz (Morocco - 3)
ANAK - Christie Widiarto (Australia - 4)
THE MAGIC CIRCLE - Maria de Alba (Spain - 20)
LIMIT - Tanja Koistila (Finland - 21)
Perceptual Experiences
Every living being, from the humblest insect to human beings, has a unique experience of the world. Artists give us access to perceptual experiences, allowing us to glimpse the richness and complexity of animal, plant, and sound sensations.
THE SOUND - Félicité Codjo (Republic of Senegal - 8)
THERE IS ONLY ONE CONSCIOUSNESS - Alena Kupcikova (Czech Republic - 11)
NEMETON - Kerry Baldry (England - 13)
PERCEPTION - Sigrun Hardardottir (Iceland - 24)
2 - Freeing Oneself from the Logic of Reality
The pleasure of magic is very directly a pleasure of illusion. It is a sign of the desire that life can sometimes free itself from the logic of reality. Thus, as Nietzsche recognized, we do not condemn all illusions, all deceptions, or all manipulations, but only those whose consequences are harmful.
The Art of Deception
In the social and political spheres, artists question the techniques of illusionism used for manipulation (economic, political, media, religious, etc.). As an example of political illusionism, let us recall the episode of the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, whose false evidence was brandished by Secretary of State Colin Powell to justify the American intervention. This lie led to the deaths of over a million people and launched large-scale terrorism.
Faced with this art of deception, we discover ourselves weak and easily manipulated. We are left with a bitter taste in our mouths.
MAGIC - Yue Liang (China - 6)
THE CENSORSHIP OF MY FLESH, A SPELL AGAINST CAPITALIST LOVE - Helena Martin Franco (Colombia - 12)
THE ELDORADO OF THE OTHERS - Rachida Azdaou (Algeria - 15)
And yet with a deck of cards, a coin, small balls, or garden gnomes, the illusion becomes pleasant or saturates our senses.
ELEMENTAL MAGIC - C. M. Judge (United States of America - 7)
AFTER NOON - Tanya Akhmetgalieva (Russia - 16)
When Consciousness is Altered
Awakening to oneself can take the fleeting, sublime, and paradoxical form of losing our bodily identity, an experience that falls under the umbrella of an "altered state of consciousness." These states, triggered by ascetic experiences, pleasure, drugs, alcohol, or sudden and intense fear, imply that the subject feels their consciousness changing and that their relationship to their body and the world is no longer the same.
BEYOND - Cagdas Kahriman (Türkiye - 2)
VEILED (Voluptuousness) - Véronique Sapin (France / Canada - 5)
DREAM'S NAVEL - Heejeong Jeong (South Korea - 9)
BUOYANCY - Angelika Rinnhofer (Germany - 25)
Reinterpreting the World
A simple everyday object, an innocent street scene, suddenly reveals itself imbued with mystery and poetry. The video works transfigure the mundane into the extraordinary. They explore alternative realities, imaginary worlds populated by strange creatures, or even invite us to reflect on the very nature of art, a gateway to infinite possibilities.
COMPUTATIONAL OBJECT 1 (AI-altered self-portrait) - Alessandra Arnò (Italy - 1)
MAKING A FLOWER - Surekha (India - 14).
PRACTICAL MAGIC - Nicoletta Stalder (Switzerland - 17)
DO YOU SEE HER? - Lucy Azubuike (Nigeria - 19)
SONG OF THE SINGING DUNE - Katya Nikonorova (Kazakhstan - 22)
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