The Compiler Screenings 2019 - Passageways

4th edition
November 19th, 2019, 18:30 - 21:00

Screening Venue
Kult.kino Atelier, Basel

Artists/filmmakers
Kids, Michael Frei, Switzerland, 2019, 9 min
Orchid Finger, Tang Maohong, China, 2004, 8 min 12
Monsieur Sélavy, Peter Volkart/Anita Hansemann, Switzerland, 2008, 10 min
BI, Chen Xiaoyun, China, 2007, 5 min 30
Rainbow, Xu Zhen, China, 1998, 3 min 12
On Line, Mireille Gros, Switzerland, 2008, 1 min 22
Light and Easy 2, Yang Zhenzhong, China, 2003, 6 min
Kanxuan ai!, Kan Xuan, China, 1999, 1 min 40
Membrane, Max Philipp Schmid, 2019, 9 min
Great Era, Zhang Ding, China, 2007, 14 min
Mama Rosa, Dejan Barac, Switzerland, 2019, 20 min
First Spring, Yang Fudong, China, 2010, 9 min 17

Curators
Shi Yong, ShanghART Video Room, Shanghai
Chantal Molleur, White Frame

Moderation
Giuseppe Di Salvatore and Ruth Bättig, filmexplorer.ch

Program
Passageways are usually long and narrow spaces that connect one place to another. We usually go through them emerging from a physical exercise, a mental gymnastic or a biological process. In all states, the body is central to the experience.

We extended our invitation for this 4th edition of The Compiler Screenings to ShanghART Gallery from Shanghai giving a focus to productions from China mainland and Switzerland. ShanghART video library was established in 2008 and includes 600 contemporary video art works. They hosts salons and screen-shows regularly in Shanghai. Our guest curator Shi Yong proposed to examine the thematic of the body in personal and public spaces through a selection of 7 productions. We responded with 5 Swiss productions compiling this year’s edition.

We also extended the invitation to Giuseppe Di Salvatore and Ruth Baettig from filmexplorer.ch. They moderated the evening proposing to view the selected 12 films and videos in three screening blocs.

This project was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Christoph Merian Foundation and the Division of Cultural Affairs Basel-Stadt.