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#51 How To Prevent The Apocalypse With Performance Art
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Aliens are observing the Earth. What they see: capitalism, violence, a rerun of the popular TV series 24. They decide to bring an end to all this and annihilate the human race. But just in the nick of time humanity is saved – because the aliens witness a performance piece, and decide that there is still hope for humans after all.
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#11 Drifting Through Incomplete Renovation
- What is to be done/CHTO DELAT?If you look at a map of Petersburg, you will immediately see that Narvskaya Zastava is an isolated zone,
surrounded by a ring of factories, railroad tracks and shipyards. Before the revolution, it was part of the city's
proletarian outskirts, an historical hotbed of dissent. The historical decision to begin the October Revolution was
made here.
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#3 Crystal Palace
- Camilla Bergqvist A strong dazzling sun from a cloudless blue sky. Glass facades emerge in the sunlight. A house of glass looms into
view. A panning and presentation of a city constructed entirely of glass: Crystal Palace.
[...] we wish everyone a good morning. Today in room 101 we'll be showing a film on the legendary mountain, Mt.
Everest, which according to our sources reaches around 8848 m. At the same time, in room 314, the classical
costume drama, Room with a view, will be screened. For children, there will be a visit by a clown.
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#2 The Story As Seen From A Moving Viewpoint
- Yukie KamiyaAs a result of filmic expression that has benefited from technological advances, the fusion of íthe visualí and íthe
narrativeí is now resulting in unprecedented forms of expression. What kinds of stories are being told by artists
who have acquired the medium of 'the moving image?' How are these stories being told? The focus of this essay
will be on storytelling in the medium of the moving image, which has seen a rapid growth since the mid-nineties.
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