a body. the body.
March 9th, 2024
7:30pm Doors
8:00pm (not punk time) screening.
1660 N Federal Blvd
Denver, CO 80204
$15 or pay what you can. No one turned away.
A screening about the complex relationship of responsibilities you have to your own body while simultaneously
having the burden of that body being subjected to viewership and consumption through societal norms and capitalism.
this screening was supported by the INSITE FUND.
Title: Plastic Girls
Artists: Nils Clauss (nilsclauss.com & thisiscontented.com) with music by Udo Lee
Statement: Plastic Girls meticulously carry out their work. With slow graceful movements they deliver a message of welcome to entice customers into their owners’ premises. Their messages are digitally generated by the enterprises they work for. Alike, but with their own individual characteristics, they make a conspicuous contribution to the sexualization of public space.
Year: 2017
Origin: South Korea
Title: Faces in the Wild
Artists: Magdalena Bermudez
Statement: An excavation of histories of facial recognition in which scientists direct faces to emote, close ups direct audiences to feel, and a feedback loop between a monkey and an AI reckon with the data-sourced faces of their unconscious.
Year: 2022
Origin: USA
Title: Récit de soi
Artists: Géraldine Charpentier
Statement: While non-binary representations are rare, Lou talks about their relationship to gender, clothes, and other markers.
Year: 2018
Origin: Belgium
Title: Hard Fat
Artists: Frédéric Moffet
Statement: Hard Fat is a documentary based on an interview with “Rick”, the world wide web’s most celebrated gainer. A gainer is a man who purposefully gains weight because he enjoys inhabiting a fatter body
Year: 2001
Origin: Canada/USA
Title: Intrusion
Artists: Cyprien Clément-Delmas
Statement: Intrusion is not only my most iconic work but also my most celebrated one, inspiring discussions and analysis in various film schools worldwide. The short film was shot over a week in New York City during the last week of President Obama’s tenure. It reflects the violence that surrounded the 2016 presidential election and highlights the omnipresence of CCTV and data tracking on our phones and computers, resulting in the violation of our privacy. In an era where our data is stolen and stored on servers and our fingerprints are registered at the airport, the film aims to make visible the invisible violence of stealing our image. I’m proud of this experimental piece, which shines a light on the dark side of technology and continues to make an impact to this day.
Year: 2017
Origin: USA