Memories of Over-Development

Filming started in the early 1980s and it took the director over thirty years to complete the film. Director Kidlat plays the role of Magellan’s slave Enrique, who was with Magellan when the Philippines was first discovered.


Nilbar G?re?

G?re?’s work focuses on the gap between the current picture, controlled by the state, and the direction of global changes. The mobile phone industry as a global force introduced mobility in access to communication. The three screen video installation Open Phone Booth (2010-2011) is about this tragicomic reality.


Tamura Yuichiro

In the title Suzuki Knife, Social Cooking, Suzuki (sea bass) refers to the name of the murderer Suzuki Denzo and the knife indicates the murder weapon or the kitchen knife. Tamura met an old blacksmith who still makes kitchen knives in a traditional way in the very city of Seki and requested him to produce a kitchen knife for cutting and trimming sea bass.


10 Years of Video Art in Indonesia

Film director and artist Hafiz selected a collection of works titled ‘10 Years of Video Art in Indonesia,’ a joint project with the OK. Video Festival and an alternative artist group ruangrupa.


SU Yu-Hsien

Fable can be a tiny imprint of a character; it can also be a profound political narrative. Included in its core are the shared history and consciousness of all Taiwanese. SU Yu-Hsien used these to connect folk traditions, ceremonial rituals, language and symbols, creating a unique narrative body in this work.