Event series
Films for Crossroads: Inside Ballona/Waachnga
Window Projections and Artist Talk
Projections from sunset to 2:00 a.m. on the display windows of the Goethe-Institut at 1626 Boul. St-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, H2X 2T1, Canada. The works can be viewed on an indoor screen during the Goethe-Institut's opening hours (Tuesdays to Thursdays, 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.).
Connecting the two watery ecologies—Montreal’s St. Laurent River and the Ballona, LA’s last remaining wetland — Films for Crossroads by LA-based German artist Halina Kliem was filmed over the past six months following the LA wildfires. Mirroring layers of longing and belonging, and reflecting acts of caring for our surroundings and each other, the installation doesn’t seek a central focus but rather its potential to be both background and foreground, depending on the viewer's engagement. Streams, both natural and digital, transport nutrients and knowledge, nurturing creativity and change.
Like in any creative process, minerals and sediments flow in rhythmically, and visual patterns mix like the saltwater and rainwater of the wetland and the Saint Lawrence River, establishing a decentralized refuge where many temporalities, subjective beings, and small bodies touch each other. The project imagines that another world is possible, exploring both new and familiar places, the future of coexistence, and meaningful collaboration. With physical filters and technology always visible, each sensor is subjective—there is no one-size-fits-all-solution.
Films for Crossroads is specifically created for the intersection of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street, which will be part of the visual environment and taken into consideration by exploring the possibilities of improvisational play and rhythm. Inspired by the metropolis Los Angeles’ flaky light, its washed-out colors, and raw wilderness, the in-situ installation Films for Crossroads engages multiple sensory perceptions in flux, imagining how our complex environment might appear through the plentiful eyes of bees, dragonflies, and birds, seeking soft intersections of human and non-human perceptions.
Curated by Tatiana Braun.
Connecting the two watery ecologies—Montreal’s St. Laurent River and the Ballona, LA’s last remaining wetland — Films for Crossroads by LA-based German artist Halina Kliem was filmed over the past six months following the LA wildfires. Mirroring layers of longing and belonging, and reflecting acts of caring for our surroundings and each other, the installation doesn’t seek a central focus but rather its potential to be both background and foreground, depending on the viewer's engagement. Streams, both natural and digital, transport nutrients and knowledge, nurturing creativity and change.
Like in any creative process, minerals and sediments flow in rhythmically, and visual patterns mix like the saltwater and rainwater of the wetland and the Saint Lawrence River, establishing a decentralized refuge where many temporalities, subjective beings, and small bodies touch each other. The project imagines that another world is possible, exploring both new and familiar places, the future of coexistence, and meaningful collaboration. With physical filters and technology always visible, each sensor is subjective—there is no one-size-fits-all-solution.
Films for Crossroads is specifically created for the intersection of Saint-Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street, which will be part of the visual environment and taken into consideration by exploring the possibilities of improvisational play and rhythm. Inspired by the metropolis Los Angeles’ flaky light, its washed-out colors, and raw wilderness, the in-situ installation Films for Crossroads engages multiple sensory perceptions in flux, imagining how our complex environment might appear through the plentiful eyes of bees, dragonflies, and birds, seeking soft intersections of human and non-human perceptions.
Curated by Tatiana Braun.