MA Design Installation

Not so long ago, experimental cinema was only a visual artists practice. Yet there is an experimental film by designers. Such a practice is expanding everywhere because through story-telling, fiction and poetry, films by designer are the new manifesto.  

In the FILM BY DESIGNER workshop, students investigate the intersection of film and design. In creating a stimulating laboratory for innovative production, the filmic revolution is considered as a new and relevant marker for designers and design practice. During this workshop developed in Geneva and Los Angeles, capital of the cinema industry, 5 teams of M1 design students find their individual and critical expression. The project include an experimental film as well as a poster. The final presentation takes place in a movie theater. Then each film takes part of the 2nd International Invisible Film Program, that took place in the Istanbul Design Biennal (2018) at Museum Galata Beyoglu.

Brief: 
Alexandra Midal

Project run by:
Alexandra Midal and Felipe Ribon

Assistant:
Mathias Zieba

Student Team:
Bagheri Fatemeh Narges, Bosch Vidal Helena,Burnier Lucile, Chappuis Arnaud, Chien Chun-Hua, Debernardi Burnand Léa, Deckers Sofie, Granado Beatriz, Nassif Jessica-Maria, Pasquet Jeanne, Petrov Lilia, Rojas Netillo 

Photography: 
© HEAD — Genève/ Space and Communication students

IN THE HYPOTHETICAL I PUT ON THE CAP AND GLOVES

Film by:
Beatriz Granado with Sofie Deckers and Lilia Petrov 

Synopsis:
In an intimate gloomy room, a woman comments on policies in California.

THIS PREMIUM GLAZED ISIS RAP VIDEO

Film by:
Netillo Rojas with Lucile Burnier and Chun Hua Chien 

Synopsis:
A dialogue between Los Angeles's programmatic architecture, its suburb’s environment and its numerous and singular events.

BEVERLY HILLS, BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Performance by:
Jessica-Maria Nassif with Lea Debernardi & Anne Sophie Skodj Muller 

Synopsis:
Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle is at the crossroads of N. Linden Dr. and N. WHittier Dr. in Beverly Hills, California. It is said to be a paranormal location where various accidents took place. Through Zoltar, the portal to Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle Nassif recreates a multi sensorial performance of a individual memory of the paranormal. 

CONVERSATIONS

Film by:
Jeanne Pasquet with with Fatemeh Bagueri & Elias 

Synopsis:
A visual journey between organic and digital mesmerizing images. 

THE PINK ELEPHANT

Film by:
Helena Bosch Vidal with Lucile Burnier and Chun Hua Chien 

Synopsis:
Experimental film about a real hidden group of women, and about public, private and secret life in the golden Hollywood era in California.

FILM FESTIVAL

INVISIBLE FILM PROGRAM AT THE 4th ISTANBUL BIENNIAL « A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS »

October 2, 3, 6 and 7 at Museum Salt Beyoğlu. 

Alexandra Midal presents INVISIBLE FILM PROGRAM

The Invisible Film Program claims design as an autonomous cinematic expression. It presents a curated selection of international contemporary experimental films by designers coming from various fields, from industrial design and speculative design to graphic design. Envisioned as a series of statements, the Program echoes the expanding boundaries of the design discipline in its post-media definitions. Intended for anyone interested in storytelling, design or visual studies, the screenings will explore how film has become a powerful language for designers.

The PROGRAM included, amongst others, the FILM BY DESIGNER produced in the workshop by MA Space & Communication

Jeanne Pasquet > Conversations

Beatriz Granado > the Hypothetical I put on the Cap and Gloves

Netillo Rojas This Premium Glazed Isis Rap Video

Jessica Nassif > Hills Bermuda Triangle

Helena Bosch Vidal > The Pink Elephant (Sound Piece)

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