VISIO - Artists’ Moving Image in Europe
Eye on Art: VISIO - Artists’ Moving Image in Europe
On the occasion of the publication of VISIO Moving Images in Europe Since the 2010s, Eye presents a film programme and conversation with Leonardo Bigazzi and Basir Mahmood reflecting on the past decade in artists’ moving image in Europe.
Put together in dialogue with Bigazzi, the programme brings together a slate of VISIO-related titles that offers not only an insight into VISIO’s activities and legacy but also the variety of ways artists in Europe are approaching moving image.
More artists based in the Netherlands have been represented in VISIO than any other European country since it launched in 2012. In this conversation, Bigazzi and artists affiliated with the VISIO programme will discuss the conditions that facilitate the continued production of artists’ film, including the importance of long-standing relations, as well as how we can navigate challenges we are facing in the present and the future.
VISIO is a research and residency programme with a production fund for artists’ films by Europe-based artists under the age of 35. The project was initiated by curator Leonardo Bigazzi and is promoted and produced by Lo schermo dell’arte, a Florence-based organization dedicated to the links between contemporary art and cinema.
Programme
Lacerate (Janis Rafa, 2020, 16')
Inspired by the iconography of biblical paintings and Flemish still-lifes, Lacerate reflects on the subject of domestic and gender violence by portraying the extreme decision of a woman who turns from victim into executioner. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film for the project Mascarilla 19 – Codes of Domestic Violence after Rafa’s participation in VISIO in the 2015 edition and 2017 exhibition of VISIO. The work was later presented at the 2022 La Biennale di Venezia and Eye Filmmuseum for her solo exhibition in 2023-24.
Part of Eye Experimental. Image courtesy the artist and Fondazione In Between Art Film.
Bliss Point (Gerard Ortín Castellví, 2023, 26')
Castellví concludes his trilogy on scopic food regimes with Bliss Point, which explores the operations of food supply and advertising in the age of automation and AI-managed warehouses. Produced by Lo schermo dell’arte with Fondazione in Between Art Film with the support of the VISIO Production Fund as part of Castellví’s participation in VISIO in 2022.
Sunsets, everyday (Basir Mahmood, 2020, 15')
Basir Mahmood’s IFFR Tiger Award-winning film studies domestic violence through codes of gesture and body language. As with several of his other projects, Mahmood commissioned a production team in Lahore to shoot the film in his absence based on his instructions. Commissioned and produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film for the project Mascarilla 19 – Codes of Domestic Violence after Mahmood’s participation in VISIO in 2017.
Machine Boys (Karimah Ashadu, 2024, 8')
This film, produced by Fondazione In Between Art Film, was part of the International Exhibition at the 2024 La Biennale di Venezia where Karimah Ashadu became the winner of the Silver Lion for a Promising Young Artist. Ashadu participated in VISIO in 2016 and in the exhibition ‘Penumbra’ co-curated by Bigazzi at the Complesso dell’Ospedaletto in Venice in 2022.
“Machine Boys portrays motorcycle taxis, colloquially known as okada, in the megacity of Lagos. In 2022, due to numerous accidents involving okada and the impossibility of regulating its informal economy, a ban was enforced, making passengers and drivers liable to imprisonment. The riders embody a particular kind of masculinity through their stylish attire and self-assured, powerful behaviour.” (Sofia Gotti)
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Production year
2025
Length
106 min.
Event language
English
Country
NL
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