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(The Impossibility of) Cleansing Healing Watering

Artistic Collaboration by Imke Rust and Steffen Holzkamp.

The artists face each other, standing in a dried out dam and start pouring water from two 5-litre containers over their own heads.

The performance and video artwork is a commentary on the seemingly impossible endeavour to clear the white guilt and heal from the colonial injustice and violence, which happened in Namibia. While at the same time it symbolically waters the seeds for a positive future.

The video artwork is a looped sequence of the performance, in which the action is continuous and never-ending.

  • Imke Rust
    Director
  • Steffen Holzkamp
    Editing
  • Steffen Holzkamp
    Sound design
  • Steffen Holzkamp
    Camera
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    December 1, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Namibia
  • Shooting Format:
    UHD 2160p50
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Imke Rust

Imke Rust is a multidisciplinary Namibian artist, based in Germany. In her work she explores relationships between myth, reality, humans and nature. She challenges entrenched perceptions about being human and offers fresh perspectives. Her art making is deeply personal in an attempt to create meaning through process, narrative and material. Simultaneously she easily bridges the divides between cultures and continents, between history and the present and between humans and nature, establishing a universal narrative and understanding. Her works range from site-specific installations, lens-based performances to mixed media paintings and usually are process-orientated, site-responsive and often ephemeral.
Rust holds a BVA of Visual Arts Degree from the University of South Africa.
www.imkerust.com

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