iii presents: Matters of Being

Matters of Being is exploring what film can be since 2020 at the iii workspace. A soundscape with a light composition, for example, can be just as cinematic in its storytelling as a movie. During the events cinematic techniques are examined in various forms, such as performance, installation, as well as artist films and documentaries. The events conclude with moderated conversations between the artists showing their works and the audience.

The cinematic experience for closed eyes Phosphène (30 min, 2022) by Armand Lesecq takes the audience on a ride into their own inner landscapes using projections onto the audience’s eyelids. Our Lady Who Burns (8 min, shot on 16mm, 2024) by Alice dos Reis explores how humans explain other-worldly experiences for themselves while mundane life continues. Leandros Ntolas will perform his cinematic video-game Benign Land (30 min, 2024) that journeys through fictional landscapes carrying remnants of Ireland’s past with a focus on the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

The Matters of Being program has been curated by Nele Brökelmann. Nele Brökelmann is an artist deeply intrigued by the human need for structures of meaning. The perpetual search for and fabrication of meaning are recurring themes in her practice. These human made structures, and mental and worldly concepts create (physical) borders and either/or thinking which Brökelmann continuously seeks to challenge by playing with the experiences and concepts of distance, repetition and parallelity. Apart from her artistic practice and curating Matters of Being, Brökelmann writes for the contemporary art magazine Metropolis M.