Ganaël Dumreicher

Brute Force explores how our knowledge-making practices affect the world. Drawing on quantum theory and geology, the film exposes the intrinsic omissions, distortions, and ecological impacts of image production and data extraction. From the interference patterns of neutrons to data centres and salt lakes, the film captures how our world's complexity collides with the simplified rationalities of the digital age.

In the uncharted wild west of our solar system, two young astronauts embark on a mission to claim a newly discovered asteroid for their home country. But the journey holds unexpected surprises, as chaos and comedy ensue in this wild exploration of space mining and environmentalism.

Through a radical performance, Giulia Nomi seeks to merge her body with the surrounding space. As she nears the transformation’s peak, her perception of the building’s sensations becomes hauntingly refined.

The architectural theorist Friedrich Kiesler designed a site for film projection that directs focus to the screen, allowing everything around it to be forgotten. With animated spatial models of the cinema that Kiesler constructed for the Film Arts Guild, Ganaël Dumreicher conveys the idea of a borderless cinematic space in a surrealistic, visceral, and extremely direct way.

Three young street artists, who roam the cities as living insect statues, are confronted with the question of what it means to push their art form to perfection.

In "Memory of a Mycelium," human prototypes sprout from the building like strands of a fungal network. Inspired by the Chinese mythology of the creator goddess Nüwa, the prototypes initiate a process of emancipation by freeing themselves from the long braids reminiscent of umbilical cords. A never-ending journey of self-liberation begins.