Marmara University 6th International Student Triennial June 6, 2013

The annual meeting of the 6th International Student Triennial, hosted by the Marmara University’s Faculty of Fine Arts,takes place onJune 3-7, 2013. This year’stheme Triennial is “Connecting the Dots”, and short film screenings will be hosted by Istanbul Modern Cinema on June 6. Nineteen short films from six institutions areselected for the screenings. Contributing institutions are Burg Giebichenstein University of Germany, Sarajevo University of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Torino Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Italy, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design of Poland, Okan University Fine Arts Faculty, and Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts of Turkey.

Burg Giebichenstein University of Germany

Ping Pong

Claus Störmer, 2011, 2”40’, Germany

In his work "Ping Pong" Störmer Claus plays with the boundaries of stasis and movement, fact and fiction, the world and our conception of it.

Versus 1: Postures and Metamorphoses (Versus 1: Haltungen und Metamorphosen)

Sonja Schrader, 2011, 11”15’, Germany, No Dialogue

"Versus 1: Haltung und Metamorphose", depicts a choreographed process of dressing based on the interactions of two women. The relationship between the women is determined by their actions.

Spring Fever (Frühlingsgefühle)

Murat Haschu, 2013, 12”45’, Germany, No Dialogue

A subtly ironic film drawn largely in ink, in which a cannibalistic menu with several courses is acted out.

Martha

Tim Novitzki, 2013, 3“28‘, Germany, German

A young woman is talking about events some of which she has experienced and others that she wants to try.

Debut

Anne Oertel, 2013, 3”28’, Germany, No Dialogue

Staying in a defined setting / Being part of a structure like a pixel on a screen / Like a bit of gravel on the ground / Acting next to indiscernible equals. / Being a visible thought on a nuclear spin tomography image / live-love driven / heading autonomously / moving contra-rotating.

Sarajevo University of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Art Must Be Beautiful

Damir Prljaca, 2013, 2’, Bosnia Herzegovina, English

This experimental short is a comment onthe society that constantly forces artists to create "lovely and pretty" art. It rebels against this mediocre view and questions the concept of beauty.

85 Seconds

Ada Sokolovic, 2012, 1’40”, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bosnian

A short film based on thedirector’s actual experiences during the siege of Sarajevo in 1993. The film is a minimalist approach to storytelling about moments that change one's life.

Torino Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Italy

Morpheus

Claudia Amorini& Davide Reteuna, 2013, 22’, Italy, No Dialogue

Morpheus. He is timeless, spaceless. What characterizes him is his talent to bring dreams and illusions to your sleep. Illusions, optical creation and dreams are the keys of Morpheus, he offers himself every night to the dreamers to take the opportunity for living numerous lives.

Paradox

Stefano Ferron, 2011, 6’, Italy, Italian

Good and evil, consciousness and unconsciousness, cause and effect, the errors and uncertainties: these are the elements that characterize an engrossing dialogue between two women and their corresponding devils.

Orfeo

Magdalena Półrolniczak, 2013, 6’13”, Italy, Italian

A modern interpretation of the Greek myth "Orpheus and Eurydice”.

The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design of Poland

Machine

Justyna Podzorny, 2012, 4’1”, Poland, Polish

The world presented in this animation is a city of a developed civilization. Machine shows the mental aspect of human life and how they feel in the technologically developed world.

Wired Life - Human As a Product Of Technology

Justyna Podzorny, 2012, 3’53”, Poland, Polish

Until the computer era, technology has given people a new reality throughout the industrial evolution. The installation shows how the media plays a role in our evolution through the use of the Internet, television, radio andtelephone. The installation also portrays how people can become independent of technology.

Device of Politics

Justyna Podzorny, 2012, 2’16”, Poland, Polish

This interactive installation is a comment to the interpretation of politics by society.

Anathema

Justyna Podzorny, 2012, 2’03”, Poland, Polish

Anathema presents a symbolic reality of anti-utopia. Set in a city in a developed civilization where the degradation of society is obvious, the animation shows the mental aspect of human life in a technologically developed world.

Machina Sapiens

Justyna Podzorny, 2011, 4’36”, Poland, Polish

The short film shows the birth of a symbolic person in the form of light, in dark, unknown space. The person gets to know her own body and analyses the surroundings by means of her senses like touch and sight.

Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts of Turkey

Secret Session (Gizli Oturum)

Merve Hürriyet, 2012, 20’25”, Turkey, Turkish

Three people, who do not know each other, brought into a room in sequence. They do not know why they are there. They are all hiding something and force each other to admit the truth. There is nowhere for them to hide.

Giving Birth to Tahsin (Tahsin’i Doğurmak)

Serkan Baydemir, 2012, 20’, Turkey, Turkish

The beginning of a painful period. Tahsin is a librarian, drowned in his obsessive state, thus, he is a husband who is abandoned for his obsessions.

I Want To Live(Yaşamak İstiyorum)

Zeliha Orman, 2012, 19’, Turkey, Turkish

A woman is about to die and a man devotedly looks after her. Life gains new meaning each day.

Okan University Faculty of Fine Arts

Chora (Kariye)

Töre Ercan, 2012, 11’10”, Turkey, Turkish

A documentary about the mosaics of Chora Church, which is one of the most magnificent buildings of the Eastern Roman Empire. Each mosaic of the Chora Church has its own story.