Prolonged Perspectives
Artist talk with Zara Zandieh, Jeremiah Mosese and Priya Basil
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| Admission: Free admission, online event |
| Which languages: English, Live subtitles |
| Venue: Online event |
What would it take to create a different tomorrow? This is the question addressed by the Prolonged Perspectives Artist Talk: Filmmakers Zara Zandieh and Jeremiah Mosese, and author Priya Basil discuss the core themes of their work with journalist Amina Aziz.
As part of the Lange Nacht der Ideen, hosted by the Federal Foreign Office, the Humboldt Forum is inviting these three Berlin artists to discuss the theme: How Soon is Tomorrow? Over the past six months, all three have been commissioned by the Humboldt Forum to create video works exploring how colonialism and coloniality continue to influence us aesthetically, socially and politically. Their works also discuss the question of how this is addressed in the Humboldt Forum – a controversial new space in the centre of Berlin.
Video event
The Artists
Priya Basil is an author and activist. In her book Gastfreundschaft she combines stories about her family’s Indian and Kenyan traditions, her British heritage, and life in Germany into a passionate plea for hospitality in Europe. She is co-founder of the Organisation Authors for Peace, a member of the advisory council at the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights and initiator of the campaign for an official continent-wide Europe-day holiday. Her new book, Im Wir und Jetzt. Feministin werden, was published in German in spring 2021.
Born in – and still resident in – Berlin, Zara Zandieh is a filmmaker. Zara Zandieh’s visual artistic creations are collaborative and thrive on the mutual appreciation and recognition of all those involved in her projects. The stories present a de-colonial queer viewpoint, weaving complexities and multi-layered representations of post-migrant and marginalised subjects into a poetic narrative. Zara Zandieh’s work has been nominated for various prizes at numerous film festivals (BFI, Flare, Helsinki International Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Queer Lisboa, DOK Leipzig). Zara Zandiehs most recent project Octavia’s Vision was nominated for a research grant by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe in 2019. Zara was also awarded a research grant from the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in 2020 for the hybrid documentary film project Fighting This Despair With Joy (currently in development).
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese is a filmmaker and visual artist from Lesotho. His first film Mother, I am Suffocating. This is My Last Film About You was awarded six prizes at the Final Cut in Venice. With his second feature film This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection Mosese was selected as one of three filmmakers for the Biennale College Cinema. This Is Not A Burial was shown at numerous film festivals, winning several prizes, including the Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival 2020.
Amina Aziz is a journalist, scientific advisor and political creative. She has conducted research on topics such as post- and de-coloniality, Islamism, post-Islamist societies and drug policy, and explores themes of the present and future from an intersectional perspective. Her work focuses particularly on the perspectives of marginalised people, aiming to empower them and make their voices and views known, whilst spotlighting the effects of capitalism and colonialism. She is the publisher of the Encyclopaedia Almanica, and is a podcast producer for organisations including the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and the Kunstmuseum Basel.
