Sobota / Zaterdag / Saturday, 2011
video, black & white + sound, 20ʼ30ʼʼ, HD, 16:9
The video is a
melancholic portrait of a group of people loitering around different districts
of Rotterdam: Charlois, Tarwewijk, Maashaven and the City Center. The camera
registers them in the surroundings of Rotterdamʼs post-war sculptures, such as De Speculaasjes by J.H. Baas. Picturing
the groupʼs alienation and feeling of displacement against the backdrop of the
Dutch city, my video is a proposal for a “non-heroic portable human public
monument” dedicated to the immigrant workers.
From the outset, Sobota / Zaterdag / Saturday was
intended for presentation to many diverse audiences. It was featured in the
41st edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam, on the Kunstuur
programme on RotterdamTV, and in Around
the Corner in Rotterdam, Charlois. The video was also exhibited in the
institutional context, such as the National Gallery of Art Zachęta in Warsaw
and in the MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art Cracow in Poland.
– video stills
– video stills
