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.
RegistrationPlease 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.netAbout OFF-screenWhy 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.
