Theory of Cosmetics

Le fil rouge A retelling of Bluebeard by renowned photographer Sarah Moon

Calendario de lluvias "Rain is a thing that surely happens in the past" Borges

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Fritz Teufel oder Warum ... Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Bernauer Strae 1-50 oder... Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Do You Remember? The video documents an intervention undertaken by Hiwa K and group of local activists on April 25th 2011 in Sarai Azadi Square- Slemani/ Nother Iraq, after two months of the civil protest. The international media have never properly covered the protest, which was finally brutally smashed by actual armed force and numerous threats by the local government.

Scenes from Under Childh... A visualization of the inner world of foetal beginnings, the infant, the baby, the child – a shattering of the ‘myths of childhood’ through revelation of the extremes of violent terror and overwhelming joy of that world darkened to most adults by their sentimental remembering of it… a ‘tone poem’ for the eye – very inspired by the music of Olivier Messiaen.

The Orphanage A historic drama with musical Bollywood scenes. Kabul in the early 90s. Soviet values rule the country. Women can wear miniskirts, children can go to school and people can go to the cinema, concerts as well as universities. Life in Afghanistan is similar to life in the Western world. 14 years old Qodrat sells cinema tickets on the black market in the streets of Kabul. After selling a ticket to a secret police officer by mistake, he ends up at the Soviet orphanage, where he fakes his identity at the registration, in hope of getting more power. Everyday life for Qodrat is about friendships, falling in love, doing naughty things and going on adventures – just like it is for children in other parts of the world. However, behind the safe walls of the orphanage the world they once knew is drastically changing as the Mujahideens start the civil war.

Sufferhead Original (Fra... Sufferhead Original (Frankfurt edition) by Emeka Ogboh includes a beer specially brewed for Frankfurt, which is inspired by the tastes of Africans living in Germany, and an accompanying advertising spot. Tapping into the cliché of the “blonde” beer brewed according to so-called “purity requirements” (Reinheitsgebot), the artist plays with and exposes racist thinking patterns of foreign vs. native, different vs. familiar, and pure vs. heterogeneous.

Rotterdam-Rostock Erik van Lieshout is on a bike trip from Rotterdam to Rostock. In abruptly shifting scenes filmed with a wobbly hand-held camera, Rotterdam–Rostock processes impressions of a society which Lieshout approaches with a seemingly carefree attitude that is paired with touristic voyeurism and unscrupulous directness.