SKRFF
Public graffiti walls carry decades of hidden cultural and political history within their layers of spray paint. SKRFF_ology began as an investigative excavation of the public walls around Vienna. Treating the wall like both an archeological site and a sgraffito sculpture, the artists activate the layers of the past with stop motion animation. The resulting animation invites the viewer into an overwhelming sensory experience that can be viewed from an aesthetic frame of reference or a philosophical one. Unravelling the past seems a necessary endeavor to avoid making the same mistakes over and over again, but the act of digging in raises the question of whether the past can ever be remembered clearly in all its complexity.
Austria 2024 / 7:00 / Director: Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher
COLD MERIDIAN
The repeated rituals of an autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) online performer and her viewers.
Hungary, United Kingdom 2020 / 6:47 / Director: Peter Strickland
A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY FOR THE LADY AVENGERS
Taiwan, 1980s. A hot summer day, watermelon juice, and teenage girl Ming’s sexual awakening with her celluloid fantasies. Shot on 16mm.
United States, Hungary, Germany 2025 / 11:30 / Director: Matthew Sidle
TAILOR
The video follows the delicate choreography of a tailor at work. His hands decipher the fabric as a form of braille, a tactile writing system written as raised dots embossed on paper. The soundscape, created entirely in a Foley studio, brings a deceptionally realistic level to the work.
Finland 2016 / 13:23 / Director: Saara Ekström
ANXIOUS BODY
Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things meet, a new direction is born.
France, Japan 2021 / 5:47 / Director: Yoriko Mizushiri
THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE
At a unique training program in Southern California, people heal dogs and dogs heal people.
United States 2024 / 11:00 / Director: Emma D. Miller
ALLRECIPES (STUFFED MANIFESTO)
A delightful invocation where powerful desires serve as standpoints to conjure affinities against imaginary oppositions.
United States, Spain 2025 / 5:17 / Director: David de Rozas
THE STROKER
The Stroker is based on Takala’s two week-long intervention at Second Home, a trendy East London coworking space for young entrepreneurs and startups. During the intervention Takala posed as a wellness consultant named Nina Nieminen, the founder of cutting-edge company Personnel Touch who were allegedly employed by Second Home to provide touching services in the workplace.
Finland, United Kingdom 2019 / 15:00 / Director: Pilvi Takala