PROTEST

Concept

PROTESTER

26 vidéos - 50 mn

O! Proletarians, if you want to be free, stop being unjust. With modern science, with conscience, which has no prejudices, say: Equality among all men. Equality between men and women. Ascent of the entire human race, united in justice, towards a better future.

Hubertine Auclert (1848 - 1941) - Journalist, writer, and feminist activist

Art, as a mirror of an era, is a field of expression marked by social and political upheaval. The works in the video composition "Protester" offer us a range of reasons and forms of protest, like testimonies where the artist, confronted with the issues, finds in creation a means to signal and challenge. From street warfare to peaceful demonstrations, from the personal to the political, the artists explore the notion of protest in many facets. Their works remind us that art is a powerful tool for transforming the world and carrying calls for revolt, hymns to freedom, and testimonies of a humanity in search of justice.

Whether political, religious, traditional, or even media-based, powers of all kinds are omnipresent and exert an influence on our lives. They shape our behaviors, beliefs, and aspirations. Many artists have placed criticism of power at the heart of their work, highlighting the mechanisms of domination and control, as well as individual and collective resistance. Art demonstrates its capacity as a counter-power when it denounces authoritarian excesses, oppression, and injustice.

Politics, a Terrain of Struggle

You can't go a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you must decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Jane Goodall (1934-) - Ethologist and anthropologist

Artists are interested in the pulse of the street, in direct confrontation with authority or, indirectly, in the subtle criticism of political leaders. They also question the past by exhuming buried memories and reactivating historical events to highlight the issues of the present.

OVERFLOW. A NOTE OF SUICIDE - Sara Malinarich (Chile - 2)

APOLO 11 version for FEMLINK-ART - Teresa Puppo (Uruguay - 12)

THE VALUE OF HANDS - Tanja Koistila (Finland - 15)

ONE-COURSE-MENU - Dilek Acay (Turkey - 16)

RESIGN - Ruth Bianco (Malta - 17)

FAMAGUSTA - GHOST CITY - Maria Papacharalambous (Cyprus - 18)

END POLICE ABUSE - Nancy Buchanan (USA - 23)

CROWD SHIFT - Lina Karina (Russia - 26)

Religion and Traditions

Doubt belongs to a wise man, and if a wise man wishes to have an opinion, doubt leads to examination. Sophie Germain (1776-1831)

Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

Religion and traditions can be exploited to justify oppressive practices. Artists explore the complex relationships between faith and power, highlighting the limits and dangers of instrumentalized religion. Others challenge cultural legacies and social norms that hinder individual and collective emancipation by deconstructing stereotypes and dominant representations. TUTTI FRUTTI by Evgenija Demnievska (Serbia - 7)

THE PASSION FRUIT - Amina ZOUBIR (Algeria - 8)

APPLES FOR NUTS - Nicoletta Stalder (Switzerland - 10)

RE: UNTITLED (FACIAL HAIR TRANSPLANTS) - Ana Bezelga (Portugal - 11)

KNITTING RED SOCK IN SILENCE - Rilène Markopoulou (Greece - 20)

DAUGHTER OF YEMEN - Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo (Cuba - 21)

The Invisible Power

Beyond institutions and authority figures, videos reveal insidious forms of power such as cultural appropriation and the influence of so-called intellectuals. Cinema also represents an invisible power because it can play a role in constructing our representations of the world. As for despair, it exerts a crushing power over the individual.

FALAFEL ROAD - Larissa Sansour (Palestine/DK) and Oreet Ashery (Israel/UK) - 3

PORQUE, POURQUOI, WHY? - Graciela Taquini (Argentina - 4)

THE TOURIST - Portrait of Bernard Henry Levy - Véronique Sapin (France / Canada - 6)

SATURN'S WRATH - Mónica Dower (Mexico - 14)

AFTER THE WATER - Aki Nakazawa (Japan - 19)

MASQUERADE - Helena Martin Franco (Colombia - 24)

Marginal Voices

It is the gaze that mythically inscribes all marked bodies, that allows the unmarked category to claim the power to see without being seen, to represent while escaping representation.

Donna Haraway (1944 - ) - Philosopher and Professor of History, holder of the Chair in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies.

To give a voice to those who are often deprived of one, artists choose to shine a spotlight on the communication difficulties in our societies and the experiences of marginalization experienced by certain segments of the population.

IT’S JUST A GAME - Maria Rosa Jijon (Ecuador - 1)

WORD - Minoo Iran for Mobarakeh (Iran - 5)

INTERPELLATIO TEMPUS - María Domínguez Alba (Spain - 9)

DISTURBANCE – ALL UNITS PLEASE RESPOND - Eva Olsson (Sweden - 13)

WHISPER - Sigrun Hardardottir (Iceland - 22)

VICTUS - Trixi Weis (Luxembourg - 25)