Good Luck

Co-presented by the Gallery and SAW Video Media Art Centre, the film Good Luck by American artist, filmmaker and curator, Ben Russell, was introduced by the artist, who also participated in a post-screening Q & A with the audience. 

A visceral non-fiction portrait of hope and sacrifice in a time of global economic turmoil, Good Luck was filmed at a state-owned, large-scale underground mine in the war-torn state of Serbia, and an illegal mining collective in the tropical heat of Suriname.

Psychedelic Ethnography

SAW Video and Knot project space are proud to have hosted renowned American artist and filmmaker, Ben Russell, for a special presentation about his work. Through his many films, live performances, and curation, Russell has developed a dynamic practice committed to ethnographic methodologies and psychedelic phenomena. In this talk, Russell delved into the role that sound and image relationships play in his work, and presented excerpts of his films.

Routine Nihilism

Gary Kibbins, Routine Nihilism
Scott MacKenzie

“Nihilism is the normal condition” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power                        

“Nihilism is best left to the professionals” Iggy Pop

Listener

SAW Video Media Art Centre presented the premiere of Listener, a performance work by Kite (aka Suzanne Kite), at Knot project space. The performance marked the first iteration in a series of new world-building projects by the Oglala Lakota performance artist, visual artist, and composer that weaves together a diasporic Lakota science fiction narrative.