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Sahara Chronicle
By Ursula Biemann (Switzerland, 2006/7, Mini DV)
New York Premiere including Artist Presentation
February 29, 2008 6:30 PM
Cantor Film Center, New York University, 36 East 8th Street, New York City.
Videos
Desert truck terminal, 13:00 minutes
Desert Radio Drone, 5:40 minutes
Interview Adawa, 10:20 minutes
Tuareg Border Guides, 3:47 minutes
Iron Ore Train, 2:56 minutes
Oujda Frontierland, 7:10 minutes
Synopsis
For the first time in New York, Ursula Biemann presents Sahara Chronicle, a video collection documenting the present sub-Saharan exodus towards Europe and the interdependence of migrations with international politics of mobility. The videos (to include Desert Truck Terminal, Interview Adawa, Tuareg Border Guides, Iron Ore Train and Deportation Prison Laayoune) show the major gates and nodes of the trans-Saharan migration network in Morocco, Niger, and Mauritania.
Filmmaker's Biography
Ursula Biemann is an artist and curator working on migrations, mobility, gender and technology. Her work has been represented in a series of international exhibitions, as well as in several books. She researches at the Institute for Theory of Art and Design HGK Zurich lectures at the CCC program of ESBA Geneva, and teaches seminars and workshops internationally.
Festivals and Awards
Architecture, Art and Landscape Biennial, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias
Townhouse Gallery, Cairo
TekFestival, Rome
Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve
FID Festival International Documentaire, Marseille
Port City, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Border Festival, Bergamo, Italy
Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
Print Source
Ursula Biemann
Röntgenstrasse 48
8005 Zürich / Switzerland
Tele: 0041 (44) 461 20 84
E-mail: geobodies@smile.ch
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