Directing
Sentimental constructs a two-channel narrative centered on the voice and presence of Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk.
A video diptych by Ali Kazma.
A film from Ali Kazma's Obstructions series, which portrays particular attempts and activities that help maintain and restore life.
A film from Ali Kazma's Resistance series, which focuses on the human body as the central figure in artistic, scientific and intellectual creativity and invention.
An exploration of both the production process and historical-cultural meanings of ink—the most basic material of writing, capturing the making of sumi calligraphy ink, a centuries-old craft passed down from master to apprentice at Kobaien studio in Nara, Japan.
A video diptych by Ali Kazma made in a steel pipe factory. The work refers to the global, underground activity of pipelines and their function of transmitting energy and fluids.
Ali Kazma places human nature and labor at the center of the 'Obstructions' series, in which he deals with the trades and production techniques that typically remain in the background. In the video 'Taxidermist' from this series, the artist shows a taxidermist in Germany who stuffs game animals.
Clerk records the movements of a clerk's figure as he stamps stacks of papers in the manner of an automaton. Seemingly a perfect stamper, he regularly slows down and makes mistakes but carries on with maddening calmness. The video shows the alienating but also humane aspects of labor in post-industrial societies.
Devoid of any human presence, North depicts a place exploited by man and then abandoned, serving as a testimony of complex historical and political situations.
Devoid of any human presence, Mine depicts a place exploited by man and then abandoned, serving as a testimony of complex historical and political situations.
A video triptych of electrical cables in a factory.
A three-channel video installation by Ali Kazma.
