Iche ’21

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Iche ’21
Iche ’21

This commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival is an introspective account of non-binary artist Janice Iche’s state of mind as they reflect on how the journey through 2020 was and their dreams of what 2021 holds for life.

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Sound: Janice Iche, Emma Mbeke Nzioka

2021: Welcome to Wherever You Are

A Norient Snap by Roy Dipankar
2021: Welcome to Wherever You Are
2021: Welcome to Wherever You Are

In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, a filmmaker in lockdown connects with his creator friends living in worlds separated by oceans, time, and tides.

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Design: Roy Dipankar
Sound: Demonos

The Racialized Gaze on Landscapes

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The Racialized Gaze on Landscapes
The Racialized Gaze on Landscapes

In most films, the English countryside is hailed as an idyllic place. Yet its colonial history is often overlooked. In her essay inspired by the film «A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message», Chandra Frank reflects on West Indian carnival in Leeds.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Fighting Back with Music

A Norient Snap by Šejma Fere
Fighting Back with Music
Fighting Back with Music

After the Islamist invasion of Northern Mali in 2012, music was widely banned. In their search for peace and freedom, Malian musicians have been fighting back – with music. A short insight into Mali’s music scenes, inspired by the film «It Must Make Peace».

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Design: Šejma Fere

The Ghosts of Colonialism

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The Ghosts of Colonialism
The Ghosts of Colonialism

A mythical creature with an ecological conscience, the Curupira protects the Brazilian Amazon from destructive forces. Read an essay by Patricia Jäggi on the problem of representation inspired by the film «Curupira, Creature Of The Woods».

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Design: Šejma Fere

Work Soft, Play Soft – The Pleasurable Horror of Lofi Beat-Playlists

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Work Soft, Play Soft – The Pleasurable Horror of Lofi Beat-Playlists
Work Soft, Play Soft – The Pleasurable Horror of Lofi Beat-Playlists

Even prior to the current retreat into the home office, life with screens has flattened one’s experience of time and space – but also of work and leisure. In the fourth episode of the «Sonic Vignettes» series, Malte Pelleter investigates Lofi Beat streams.

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Design: Robert Crahmer

2021: Dejame Vivir un Día

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2021: Dejame Vivir un Día
2021: Dejame Vivir un Día

This commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival by visual artist Jusomor and sound artist Lechuga Zafiro is deeply inspired by the re-encounter with our elders during the current times of uncertainty and confusion.

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Design: Jusomor

2021: Beautiful Life

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2021: Beautiful Life
2021: Beautiful Life

In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, Taiwanese multimedia artist Monofee uses the medium of silent cinema to present a narrative of hope, conflict, and uncertainty over the turn of the new year.

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Design: Monofee
Sound: Monofee

2021: Future Tense

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2021: Future Tense
2021: Future Tense

In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, poet, writer, and designer Poetra Asantewa ponders over the future of the city of Accra, what it ought to look like, where it ought to be, and who it should aim to be.

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How Does AI Hear?

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How does AI hear?
How Does AI Hear?

AI music often sounds very familiar, because it is limited to its creators’ musical horizon. In the third essay of our «Sonic Vignettes» special, Rolf Großmann asks what happens if one liberated AI «ears» from the constraints of human sensations?

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«Real World» Problems

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«Real World» Problems
«Real World» Problems

Philipp Rhensius meditates on Amanda Melissa Baggs’ communication with every aspect of their environment, via Eden Tinto Collins’ and and Giuliano Ponturo’s film «CoNEC» and his own childhood experiences.

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Design: Šejma Fere