VECTOR GALLERY from Iasi, Romania
(address: Cuza Voda  41, 1st floor)
December 13, 2006, 7 PM

is screening
INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES
Scandinavian Video Art
curator: Anne Szefer Karlsen

The video works made by Scandinavian artists are offering an exotic and realistic view on the specific life of a population scattered in a vast region. Focusing on documentary, fiction, and animation strategies the selected videos from "Individual Communities" are signaling the recent social changes in the Scandinavia and the way they affect the positioning of the individual.

"Individual Communities"

*Part 1 (48  minutes)*
Ditte Lyngkaer Pedersen (DK) - Code Breaking, 50'', 2004
Jakob Nielsen (DK) - Traffic, 1' 24'', 2005
*Arne Vinnem (N) - Men Without Qualities; Eirik, 28 years, Clerk,  2' 40'',2006*
Bodil Furu (N) - My ambience, 33', 2005
Jakob Nielsen (DK) - Ercan, 1' 45'', 2005
*Mariken Kramer (N) - One of the Lads, 1' 30'', 2004*
*Arne Vinnem (N) - Men Without Qualities; Einride, 32 years, Musician, 2' 30'', 2006*
Peter Larsson (S) - The man who got nowhere, 3' 6'', 2005

*Part 2 (55  minutes)*
Kjersti Solberg monsen (N) -TURN again, 4' 30'', 2006
*Arne Vinnem (N) - Men Without Qualities; Daniel, 26 years, Bartender, 2' 15'', 2006 *
Lars Nilsson (S) - *"Talent Community - Interview With Kokokaka", 19', 2005*
*Ane Lan (N) - Europa, 4', 2004*
*Arne Vinnem (N) - Men Without Qualities; Sverre, 29 years, Student, 5', 2006*
*Kristin Tarnesvik (N) - Suomi Dancing, 3', 2004*
*Sixten Therkildsen (DK) - Left to my own Devices, 4', 1999*
*Sixten Therkildsen (DK) - At a Distance, 25'', 2000*
*Jakob Taekker (DK) - Emotional Landscapes, 11', 2005*

The visit of Anne Szefer Karlsen in Iasi was supported by the Office for Contemporary Art, Norway. More info about Anne Szefer Karlsen: http://www.szefer.net

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700038 Iasi, Romania

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