Feministični filmski festival – Fefi 2023

8. – 12. marec // v BlackBoxu.GT22 (vstop prost) in na spletni strani fefi.si

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Projekcije v Black Boxu:
sreda, 8. marec: 15.00-19.00
četrtek, 9. marec: 8.00-15.00, 16.00-18.00
petek, 10. marec: 8:00-15.00, 16.00-22.00
sobota, 11. marec: 19.00-22.00
nedelja, 12. marec: 14.00-16.30

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PROGRAM:

Hidra

Režija: Ema Kugler
Produkcija: V.S. Video, ŠKD Forum, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
kratki igrani video film, Slovenija, 1993, 15 min

V video delih Eme Kugler se mitologija vpisuje v rituale vsakdanjega življenja. Tokrat je to tema Hydre s številnimi obrazi. Ponazarjajo jo posamični prizori z akterji v usnjenih kostumih (kreacije avtorice), ki omejujejo njihovo gibanje in s tem še poudarjajo ločenost človeka od narave. Zadnja sled povezanosti, ritualen odnos med človekom in bikom, ki spet temelji na človekovi krutosti do živali, se konča s krvjo, ki na simbolni ravni preplavi tudi celotno podobo.

Obiskovalec

Režija: Ema Kugler
Produkcija: Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar, V.S. Video
kratki igrani video film, Slovenija, 1995, 27 min

Avtorica vseskozi prikazuje dvojnost človeške narave: ista groza se kaže tako v mitskem kot realnem svetu. Vse to pa nazorno predstavi z uporabo elektronskih trikov, ki lahko, denimo, človeški obraz okamenijo ali človeško bitje samo v nekaj sekundah zazidajo. Z elektronskim trikom se tudi v ekstravagantne kostume oblečene človeške figure spet vračajo v naravo: človek v kostumu, ki spominja na ptiča, se spremeni v prvega ptiča. Hkrati so prizori posneti iz ptičje perspektive, ki vedno poudari človekovo majhnost in njegovo izgubljenost v lastnem svetu in naravi.

Tajga

Režija: Ema Kugler
Produkcija: Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
kratki igrani video film, Slovenija, 1996, 8 min

Tajga je temačna video pokrajina, v kateri se tudi tokrat znajdejo človeške figure v grozečih kostumih, pa tudi skoraj gola dvobojevalca in ženska, ki se utaplja. Hlad video tajge ponazarjajo tudi pasje figure iz voska, ki se dejansko stopijo, elektronski trik pa ta postopek še pospeši. Bistvo tajge je akt destrukcije ali tranzicije. Destrukcija umetniške forme ustvarja novo, popolnoma drugačno obliko. Tranzicija postane dogodek, ki vsebuje sporočilo. Skulpture so mejniki začetka in konca.

Postaja 25

Režija: Ema Kugler
Produkcija: V.S. Video, Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
kratki igrani video film, Slovenija, 1997, 27 min

Avtorica nadaljuje s svojimi glavnimi temami: odnos med moškim in žensko, vdor mitskega v rituale vsakdanjega življenja. Ta video uporabi številne možnosti elektronske obdelave slike. Najbolj očarajo prizori z morphingom (elektronska transfomacija), v katerih se lik na slikarskem platnu spremeni v identično figuro na video površini, ali pa ta »zamrzne« v lik na negibni sliki. Avtorica tudi tokrat vztraja v realnem naravnem okolju, ki pa ga deformira in s tem izenači z artificielnostjo video podobe.

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ENGLISH

You can watch the films live for free in:
– Maribor from 8th till 12th of March in Black Box at GT22 (Glavni trg/Main Square 22).
– Ljubljana on 11th of March at 5 PM in PLAC (Linhartova 43). The Author will be present at the discussion.

The films are available for online streaming at Slovenian Film Database.

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Hydra (Hidra)

Directed by: Ema Kugler
Production: V.S. Video, ŠKD Forum, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
short fiction video film, Slovenia, 1993, 15 min

Mythology in the video works by Ema Kugler is inscribed in rituals of everyday life. This time it is the theme of Hydra with many facets. The theme is represented by the separate scenes featuring human figures in leather costumes (created by the artist herself) that constrain their movements, thus emphasizing their separation from nature. The last trace of their respective connection is shown in a ritual relationship between a man and a, bull, although even this relationship involves man’, deeply ingrained cruelty towards animals. But even this connection ends with the blood that symbolically floods the video image.

The Visitor (Obiskovalec)

Directed by: Ema Kugler
Production: Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar, V.S. Video
short fiction video film, Slovenia, 1995, 27 min

The artist insists on the duality of human nature: the same dreadfulness is part of both the mythical and the real world. The duality is explicitly presented by means of electronic effects that can petrify a human face, or wall up a human body in a few seconds. Human figures dressed in extravagant costumes are returned back to nature by means of electronic effects: a man in a costume reminiscent of a bird transforms into a real bird. The costumed and real birds are accentuated by the bird’s eye view, which always emphasizes man’s smallness and forlornness in his own world and within nature.

Taiga (Tajga)

Directed by: Ema Kugler
Production: Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
short fiction video film, Slovenia, 1996, 8 min

Taiga is a dark video landscape with human figures in menacing costumes, but it also includes two almost naked fighters and a drowning woman. Wax dogs add to the coldness of the video taiga; they actually melt away, while the electronic only serves to accelerate the process. The essence of taiga is the act of destruction or transition. The destruction of art form creates a new, entirely different pattern. The transition becomes an event with a message. Sculptures are the landmarks of the beginning and of the end.

Station 25 (Postaja 25)

Directed by: Ema Kugler
Production: V.S. Video, Forum Ljubljana, VPK – Videoprodukcija Kregar
short fiction video film, Slovenia, 1997, 27 min

The artist continues with her main preoccupations: the relationship between a man and a woman, the irruption of the mythical into the rituals of everyday life. The video film uses the numerous potentials of electronic manipulation of the picture. The finest scenes are those of morphing (electronic transformation), where a figure from a painted canvas turns into an identical figure on the video screen, or the latter freezes into a figure on a fixed picture. The artist once again insists on the real natural environment, but deforms and thus identifies it with the artificiality of video image.