Catalogue > Un extrait vidéo au hasard

For their movie “I Live in Fear After March 11”, Fischer & el Sani invited refugees who escaped from the aftereffects of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, to a screening of Akira Kurosawa’s film “I live in fear - Record of a living being” (1955) to reevaluate Kurosawa’s concerns after the nuclear weapon tests at the Bikini Atoll in the 50’s. The screening triggered an identification-process of the fugitives with the protagonist of Kurosawas movie, as they recognized their desperate situation. It was followed by an experimental setup of cinematic improvisations with refugees and actors, focusing on the exploration of fears and uncertainties surrounding the nuclear catastrophy and ongoing threat of radiation.

Nina Fischer & Maroan el Sani are visual artists and filmmakers, based in Berlin. From 2007 until 2010 they have been Associate Professors for Film and Media Art at Sapporo City University, Japan. Since 2015 Nina Fischer is Professor for Experimental Film and Media Art at Uninversity of the Arts, Berlin. They have been recipients of the Karl-Hofer-Prize of the University of the Arts, Berlin and were awarded several artist in residence stipends e.g. at German Academy Villa Massimo, Rome, DAAD in Tokyo, Cité des Arts in Paris, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and Villa Kamogawa, Kyoto. International exhibitions they have participated in include Gwangju Biennale 1995, 2002, 2008, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, 1999, Manifesta 4, Frankfurt 2002, Sydney Biennale 2002, 10th Istanbul Biennial 2007, Media City Seoul Biennale 2012 and 2014, Aichi Triennale, Curitiba Biennale 2013 and solo exhibitions at Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, 1998, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, 2005, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, 2007, Kunsthaus Glarus, 2009, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, Museum of Contemporary Art Hiroshima, 2010, Austin Museum of Art - Arthouse, Austin, 2012, Mamam Recive 2013, MART, Dublin, 2014, Aargauer Kunsthaus, 2015 K21 -Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 2016, Maxxi Museum, Rome, 2017 www.fischerelsani.net