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Memories of Oblivion

Memories of Oblivion is a video-souvenir that was created after the visit of a post-human landscape: the abandoned city of Epecuén, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The film portrays the experience of flooding, abandonment and putrefaction that began in 1985 and persisted for years in the city of Villa Epecuén, which has been inhabited for a long time with the unstoppable, unpostponable and uncontrollable factor of life: the mushrooms, microorganisms and the different forms of non-human existence that surround the location. This video of unwanted memories, with its album of postcards from neglect, is a historical and fictional record of a past truly redeemed by non-human life in collaboration with waste, debris, and spontaneous ecosystems at the end of time, within an habitat of destruction and the impossibility of human inhabitability.

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Recuerdos del olvido es un video-souvenir creado tras la visita a un paisaje posthumano: la ciudad abandonada de Epecuén, en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. La película retrata la experiencia de inundación, abandono y putrefacción que comenzó en 1985 y persistió durante años en la ciudad de Villa Epecuén, habitada durante mucho tiempo por el factor imparable, impostergable e incontrolable de la vida: los hongos, microorganismos y las diferentes formas de existencia no humana que rodean el lugar. Este video de recuerdos indeseados, con su álbum de postales del olvido, es un registro histórico y ficticio de un pasado redimido por la vida no humana en colaboración con los desechos, los escombros y los ecosistemas espontáneos al final de los tiempos, dentro de un hábitat de destrucción e imposibilidad de habitabilidad humana.

  • Alejandro Dramis
    Director
  • Alejandro Dramis
    Writer
  • Alejandro Dramis
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Videoart, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 13 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Alejandro Dramis

I studied Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires and Visual Arts at the National Univertsity of Arts. I am a painter, draftsman, experimental filmmaker and musician. I teach Philosophy and Aesthetics at various artistic teaching institutes in Buenos Aires.

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