Requiem for the 20th Century (1994)

“Requiem pour le XXè siècle” is a manifesto against war. It is an elegy. The photograph is connected with images that are part of our collective memory: extracts from newsreels of World War II that have been reworked and transformed through various optical and electronic processes. World War II was a condensation of violence (biological and environmental destructions, racism, ethnic clearing, and persecution of people who are different…) and ongoing wars perpetuate that violence. This work is a metaphorical representation of all past, present and future wars. Constructed on the dramatic tension between the violence of wars and the presence of the intersex hermaphroditic “Angel”: Their eyes are bandaged; they are a symbol for difference, having an ambiguous position: observer, witness, victim or judge.

Released Jan. 1, 1994 14 min None+

Genres: Short

Keywords: tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.video-art, tmdb.short-film, tmdb.experimental, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: Eikona, A.S.T.A.R.T.I.

Country: France
Production Country: France
Languages: No Language, French