CTM x ICA Cinema 2

Standard Deviation x Remote Control pres »RIDNE« part 2

19:30

Mariana Berezovska pres »Rybachka«: Diana Azzuz & Nazanin Noori – live AV

21:00

Ticketing closed

Standard Deviation x Remote Control bring us directly to Ukraine, where people continue to resist Russia’s brutal full-scale war of aggression. Their joint project »RIDNE« (Рідне, Ukrainian for »native/dear«) is a series of videos shot over 2022 and 2023 in various locations in the country. The videos, shot in first-person perspective, were set to music by musicians who are closely connected to the respective place shown in each video, whether it is their own hometown, a personal place of solace, or a place that symbolises something of their own experience of war. Following a screening on the previous day, this second block of »RIDNE« works explores five new locations, each bearing the marks of past and present battles as well as regions seemingly untouched by the war that are permeated by tension. In Bucha, we witness the enduring pain inflicted by Russian occupants on the local population. In Kharkiv Oblast, we delve into the effects of volunteer relief efforts. Aspects of the Kakhovka Dam catastrophe and its devastating impact on the local biosphere are portrayed in visits to Kherson and Zaporizhia. Lastly, we walk through a seemingly unaffected village where palpable tension lurks beneath.

Following the screenings will be a presentation of live AV works conceived by Borshch magazine co-founder Mariana Berezovska, under a wider project »Rybachka.« On this second evening, the Syrian-Ukrainian artist Diana Azzuz presents her visual work to the music of Iranian musician and artist Nazanin Noori. The title Rybachka (Рибачка, Ukrainian for »the fisherman's wife«) is borrowed from the poem of the same name by Lina Kostenko, one of Ukraine's most important poets. In it, Kostenko depicts a vivid expression of the state of having to endure persistent uncertainty, between fear and hope, as people in situations of war, crisis, and flight must endure time and again. As an ongoing project, »Rybachka« aims to bring together artists from different backgrounds in order to deconstruct pain together, to raise awareness of the less obvious consequences of war and violent conflicts, and to search for ways of healing through artistic means.

The cinema programme is presented in collaboration with the project Goethe-Institut in Exile, which aims to provide meeting places, safe spaces, and platforms for cultural workers who can no longer work in their home countries due to war. The initiative aims to maintain spaces for dissent, dialogue, and intercultural exchange for artists and intellectuals from countries where the Goethe-Institut and other international cultural institutions have had to close their doors due to war or censorship.

»RIDNE« original concept: Remote Control
Concept and site design: Carsten Goertz
Video direction: Kurt Heuvens
Art direction: RAM
Curation and artist relations: Nastya Zamorskaya
Curatorial direction: Paul Georg
Production manager: Anastasiia Syradoieva, Valyk Khast
Project supervisor: Rouven Brües
Music contributors: Diana Azzuz, Undo Despot, tofudj, Panghoud, bsw and more
Camera operators: Kurt Heuvens, Volodymyr Polukhin, Yehor Terletskyi and more.

»Rybachka« original concept: Mariana Berezovska