Experiencing Interruptions?

Trepan

A dead car functions as a prehistoric cave. During the day, men carve drawings on it. As night falls, they enter the cave-car and hold a ritual, an improvised sequence of movement and sound. In a state of trance, they utilize their bodies and the body of the vehicle to make a musical corpus, without using language.

  • Alina Yakirevitch
    Director
  • Alina Yakirevitch
    Writer
  • Alina Yakirevitch
    Producer
  • Ben Groh
    Key Cast
    God's Time, The Lemurian Candidate, Mutt
  • Jeph Cange
    Key Cast
    Queen Sugar, The Originals, Necessary Roughness, All Ayez on Me, The Nomad
  • Austin Heye
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 18, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Alina Yakirevitch

Alina Yakirevitch is a New York based artist, born in Russia. She holds an MFA from Hunter college and works in education and film production. She writes and publishes fiction and essays on art. Past exhibitions include Hauser and Wirth Gallery, New York, Trestle Gallery, New York, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, and Gabirol Gallery, Tel Aviv. Recent shows: What is and What Should Never Be, two person show with Martine Flör at Neuer Kunstverein Wien in Austria, Little Light of Mine, two person show with Craig Jun Li at P.A.D gallery, New York, and Time Space with Bush Collective, at Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, Tel Aviv, In with the Old: (Nearly) Six Years of Project Art Distribution, Yeh Art Gallery, St. John's University, New York.

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Director Statement

I am a multidisciplinary artist and writer based in New York. I work in film, installation, sound and sculpture. I was born in Russia in the mid 90's, amidst the transition from failed Communism to radical Capitalism. Awareness of these political systems and the tension between them are core to my practice. The recurring experience of an East to West migration, first from Russia to Israel, then from Israel to the US, informs my political engagement and my studio practice. In my work, prehistoric art practices and a vision of society before the rule of law are key references. My films aim to pull the viewer into a sphere devoid of the analytical and the verbal. This is what I consider queerest about my work, an investment in the shadow self; the impulsive, sexual, primal. I’m attracted to gender and sexuality performances as sites of such unruliness.