Borjana Ventzislavova – Everything I wanted to ask Tati

An OFF_screen HYBRID Webinar

©Borjana Ventzislavova

OFF_screen is an open format for discursive conversations about unfinished works in a cinematic context. The concept envisages the presentation of the work in its current stage and the discussion surrounding it as catalysts for a reflective engagement with that part of the moving-image production process which usually remains invisible. At the heart of the event is a specific question regarding a problem area that is blocking the creative process, which the filmmakers pose to the invited panel and the audience.

The guest artist and filmmaker Borjana Ventzislavova is currently working on her experimental documentary Everything I wanted to ask Tati (75 min).
The film experiments with various forms and combines text, sound, music and imagery in an unconventional way. The narrative style is fragmentary, yet it creates a coherent overall picture of the era – from the age of totalitarian communism through the transition to democracy and up to the present day – both emotionally and in terms of content.
Everything I Wanted to Ask Tati does not simply reconstruct memories, but places them in a new context and creates space for engaging with history and the spirit of a bygone era that continues to resonate to this day.

Film artist: Borjana Ventzislavova
Expert panel: Christiana Perschon, Doris Posch, Dariusz Kowalski
Moderation: Michaela Schwentner

The event will be held in English.

Registration
Please register by email at jade@jade-enterprises.at to take part online (via Zoom).

OFF_screen (Karø Goldt and Michaela Schwentner) in cooperation with the Ursula Blickle Video Archive / Belvedere 21 (Stefanie Reisinger-Poovathinkal and Maja Kristufek) and the Department of Digital Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the frame of the seminar Video-related Media (Tina Kult).

Borjana Ventzislavova (*1976, Sofia/BU) is a Vienna based and Sofia born artist and filmmaker. With more than 40 solo shows and over 400 participations in international festivals and group exhibitions, she has been recognized with numerous awards, fellowships, and grants. These include the Best Documentary Film Award at the Cologne Film Festival, the Otto Puchter Fund Award, Suzmann Stiftung, recognition from Art in Motion in Los Angeles, CYNETart Dresden, among others. In 2017, she received the City of Vienna Award for Fine Arts, and in 2013 the Austrian Federal Grant for Fine Arts. http://borjana.net

About OFF-screen
Why not hold discussions about unfinished work? How about offering film and video makers the opportunity to discuss their stalled projects and the difficulties they face in the creative process? How might a successful, critical and constructive discussion take shape, from which everyone present could benefit?

The event centres on a specific question regarding a problem area that is blocking the creative process, which invited filmmakers put to the invited panel and the audience. The artist selects an unfinished video or film project that they wish to put up for discussion, or, where appropriate, an excerpt that is perceived as problematic or in need of clarification. They then formulate a specific question. The invited panellists receive the viewing link to the work and the question in advance, allowing them to prepare for the discussion.

The series was held from 2020 to 2022 in cooperation with the Blickle Kino / Belvedere21, represented by Claudia Slanar, and in collaboration with Amina Handke, and in 2024 with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna / Sabeth Buchmann.

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©Borjana Ventzislavova

Veranstaltung

Diskursives Gespräch

28. April 2026, 11:00 - 12:30

Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Immersive Lab (1. Stock), Georg-Coch-Platz 2, 1010 Wien

LV Online (Base)