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Friday, November 27, 2020 - 17:00
Written by:
STÉPHANIE LAGARDE
Cinematography:
Graham Kelly
Editing:
STÉPHANIE LAGARDE
Music:
Stéphanie Lagarde and Francesco Cimino
Producer:
Tim Rutten and Stéphanie Lagarde
Production:
Video Power
DEPLOYMENTS is about control and about power, a game of being seen and being invisible; of being present and being absent at the right moment. "We see picture puzzles of state control, showing simulation software for large-scale police operations and fighter pilots’ finger exercises, the movement profile of a mass protest and the ornaments made by a flying squadron. Code words drop into the frame from offscreen: orders and instructions with a poetic rhythm. The practices and media of control – what are they based on? They follow algorithms and purposes, but are also beautifully designed and musical." (Lukas Stern, DOK Leipzig)
Director:
STÉPHANIE LAGARDE (b. 1982 Toulouse, Fance) is a visual artist and filmmaker. Her works deal with strategies of occupation and the organization of space throughout systems of objects, languages and human beings. Her works have been exhibited worldwide, in museums and art galleries in Germany, Austria, Estonia, Australia, France, the Czech Republic among others. Her videos have been shown in festivals such as Videonale (Bonn), Transmediale (Berlin), EMAF (Osnabrück), DOKLeipzig, Kasseler Dokfest, IFFR (Dortmund), November Festival (London).
Contact:
Rosa Vrij
Festivals, awards:
Main Award - Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival 2019 / First Award, International competition - Short Waves Festival, Poznàn, Poland 2019 / Limited Access 8 Festival for Moving Images, Sound & Performance, Tehran, Iran 2019 / EMAF, European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Osnabruck, Germany 2019 / Videonale.17, Refracted realities, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany 2019 / DOKLeipzig, Next Masters competition, Leipzig, Germany 2018
"What LAGARDE’s work makes clear is the tension between the rehearsed choreography of authoritarian order and emphatic civilian disorder. The movements of the police follow a pattern, like a dance performance, while the demonstrators seek to disrupt this order to gain control of the streets. DEPLOYMENTS not only questions the social situation but also practices media critique. "I see you", whispers the off-screen voice, alluding to surveillance in public space, but also to the transparency of our own identity in the social media. LAGARDE’s computer animation represents a centuries-old fight between government authority and protesters. Not only in Paris today, demonstrations often lead to riots, excesses, and injuries. Are we the ones who actually control the game? Or are we just tokens in a surveillance system to which we must defer?" (Diana Storcks, Videonale)