2021: Welcome to Wherever You Are
In this episode of our 2021 video series, a filmmaker in lockdown connects with his creator friends living in worlds separated by oceans, time, and tides. A loopback at the year that was and the times to look forward to through a contemplative exploration of sound, visual, and spaces.
Featured Artists
Suprateek Chatterjee
Originally from Mumbai, and now based in Japan, Suprateek Chatterjee is a former culture journalist and current music producer. Follow him on Instagram.
Manmeet Kaur
Berlin artist residency-based rapper Manmeet Kaur seeks refuge in hip-hop’s emancipatory expression. MC Manmeet Kaur began rapping in her bedroom as a 13-year-old after she discovered her brother’s tape collection. Along with the refuge it provided to what she now calls her, «then conservative life», she fell in love with its abundance of lyrics and hypnotic grooves and has naturally been yielding lyrics on hip-hop beats, ever since. Follow her on Bandcamp or Instagram.
Credits
Direction, Montage, Screenplay, Cover Art: Roy Dipankar
Edited by: Charan Balakrishnan
Sound Design: Raghav Wagh
Color Correction & Grade: Charan Balakrishnan
Score: Demonos
Soundtrack
«The Groundwaters are Connected»
Album tracks performed by Manmeet Kaur
Generously funded by Martin Roth Initiative.
Music, lyrics and vocals by Manmeet Kaur
Mix by Toma Sound Factory, Aria Cluster
Master by Toma Sound Factory
Recorded at Lamalous Les Bains, France
Album made during the artistic residency at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin. December 2019 – February 2021
«Zoot Suite»
Performed by Hologram 28
Heather Andrews (lead vocals, keyboards, synths)
Suprateek Chatterjee (guitars, synths, backing vocals)
Written, composed, and arranged by Hologram 28
«Painkiller»
Performed by Supura Sensei featuring JedLi
Music: Suprateek Chaterjee
Rap and lyrics: JedLi
Mixing and mastering: Varun Taneja
Video Courtesy
For Manmeet Kaur
Mister Colfer, Montpellier
Bonabell Films, Berlin
For Suprateek Chatterjee’s Hologram28 video
David Tidd
For Roy Dipankar
Extreme Nation – the film
Sound System Sanskriti – the film
Gurmehar Bedi «Baby» – music video
Demon They Call Troy – music video
Photo Courtesy
For Manmeet Kaur
Bonabell Films, Berlin
For Suprateek Chatterjee’s Hologram28 photos
Parizad D
For Roy Dipankar
Oinam Doren
Pavan Kakarla
For the 2021 edition of the Norient Film Festival NFF, Norient commissioned ten artists around the world to work on short artistic media pieces. They were asked to reflect on their personal thoughts of «2021». How do they see and describe the world they live in? How do they see the present and the future? What sounds, clips, media pieces, and thoughts give hope for «2021» and for the future? What makes them angry, hopeful, depressed, suicidal, or happy?
Biography
Published on February 16, 2021
Last updated on April 11, 2024
Topics
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