Screening Resistance is a two-part series of screening presenting investigative and documentary films that deal with technologies of statecraft and warfare, settler coloniality and resistance. Responding to the ongoing war in Gaza, this series of films presents work by the multidisciplinary research group, Forensic Architecture and the Palestinian filmmaker Emily Jacir. Both screenings will collect donations for the Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network (APAN).
Part 1 - Forensic Architecture: Investigations
Thursday March 28, 6pm–8pm,
Black Box, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington (Level 1, D Block)
Curated and co-presented by Dogmilk Films.
Forensic Architecture is a multidisciplinary research group based at Goldsmiths University in London. They use architectural techniques and video technologies to investigate cases of state violence and violations of human rights around the world. The first half of the screening will present two works by Forensic Architecture that examine atmospheric violence (clouds) and oceanic violence (border and forced migration), including a collaborative work with Amel Alzakout. The second half of the screening focuses on investigations related to Gaza and the history of Israeli occupation and oppression.
This program was curated by Dogmilk in consultation with Forensic Architecture; first presented at Degustations screening series at Miscellania, Naarm. Dogmilk is an independent filmmaking collective dedicated to the promotion and production of alternative and ambitious cinema.
Films include:
‘Cloud Studies’ (2020) 32:59 min
‘Shipwreck at the Threshold of Europe (in collaboration with Amel Alzakout)’ (2015) 23:36 min
‘Executions and Mass Graves in Tantura, 23 May 1948’ (2023) 17:02 min
‘The Shelling of Khudair Warehouse: Chemical Warfare by Indirect Means’ (2022) 14:32 min
‘The Use of White Phosphorous in Urban Environments’ (2012) 06:25 min
‘Herbicidal Warfare in Gaza’ (2019) 08:50 min
Part 2 - Emily Jacir: Letter to a Friend (2019)
Thursday April 4, 4pm–5pm,
Black Box, UNSW Art & Design, Paddington (Level 1, D Block)
Emily Jacir is an artist, filmmaker and educator who lives and works between Bethlehem and Rome.
In this film, Emily Jacir narrates letters to a friend, Eyal Weizman from Forensic Architecture, about her home and street in Bethlehem. The film essay brings together traces of Palestine from over a century, telling a story of occupation and resistance – past, present and future.
Film:
‘Letter to a Friend’ (2019) 43 min