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6:00 PM-9:00 PM
B-LA-M Video Art Night #2
FILM|Video art from Berlin|Los Angeles|Mexico
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Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- Language English/German/Spanish w/ English Subtitles
- Price Free with RSVP
Presented as part of B-LA-M, a three year art exchange created to deepen the relationships between the independent art scenes of Berlin, Los Angeles & Mexico City.
As part of this exchange, a two-night film screening features works from artists living and working in either Berlin, Los Angeles, or Mexico City and ranges from the surreal to the hauntingly poignant. The screenings will take place on April 9th at The Goethe-Institut and April 10th at The Mexican Consulate in LA, each featuring a separate program of unique works. Curated by Clemens Wilhelm, Juri Koll, and Andrea Paasch, and organized by Carl Baratta.
The program is made possible with support from The Goethe-Institut and The Mexican Consulate General LA.
Admission is free with RSVP
Public parking is available in the neighborhood surrounding the Mexican Consulate General.
@ The Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles - Thursday, April 10th, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
PROGRAM:
6:00 PM Doors open.
6:30 PM Welcoming + Introduction
6:45 PM Films from Berlin - LA - Mexico City
9:00 PM End of Event
FILM PROGRAM: BERLIN
SOLAIRE
Jessica Arseneau | 2022 | 15 min
Reminiscent of J.G. Ballard’s sci-fi short story "The Day of Forever" (1966), the film envisions a world where the sun remains motionless in the sky, transforming the experience of time and the very nature of rest. A voice-over accompanies images of slowly rolling fog, the peeling contours of a place of sleep, and the detailed structures of lichens and mosses, contemplating a lost state of dreaming—once an alternative to waking.
jessarseneau.github.io | Instagram: @jesssarseneau
TURTLENECK PHANTASIES
Gernot Wieland | 2022 | 17 min
The film tells the story of a writer who was born in Germany shortly before World War II. He wrote poems and worked as a sailor on a British cargo ship. In the 1980s he was committed to psychiatric clinics. In the homes he began tattooing words and drawings on the skin of his fellow patients.
gernotwieland.com
FILM PROGRAM: LOS ANGELES PROGRAM
VULNERABLE
Ulysses Jenkins | 2000 | 4 min
An art film by this acclaimed “artist’s artist” about the potential for solitude, violence, and loneliness in the City of Angels.
hammer.ucla.edu /exhibitions/2022/ ulysses-jenkins- without-your- interpretation
MARINE LAYER
Jason Jenn | 2021 | 3 min
An experimental film from the waters edge.
I WAS HERE
Cosimo Cavallaro | 2017 | 4 min
This is an archival film of one of Cavallaro’s earliest “Rooms”, made in Canada before he moved to New York and then LA, where he resides now.
cosimocavallaro. com
I'M EXPECTING
Kadri Koop | 2024 | 6 min
A film about a woman who is living in the anticipation of her dreams coming true.
SEA OF CHANGE
Osceola Refetoff | 2024 | 8 min
Sea of Change is envisioned as a perpetual work in progress. Using footage shot by Osceola Refetoff, and collected from places like NASA, it challenges us to look at sea level rise. The film will evolve with each new set of images and data. In the spirit of film director Kenneth Anger and the immortal words of Marcel Duchamp, the project will ever remain “definitively unfinished,”
FILM PROGRAM: MEXICO CITY
LINES IN THE WATER
Florencia Guillén | 2022 | 5 min
Florencia Guillén (Mexico City, 1978) centers her artistic practice on social observation and documentation, capturing everyday life and collective memory. Often examining the role of women in social movements, her work delves into themes of emancipation and narratives that challenge dominant histories. For this film, Guillén’s pieces address the Bellavista Textile Factory in Nayarit, a key site in Mexico’s early labor movements. Founded in 1841, the factory became a battleground for labor rights, with women such as Francisca and Maclovia Quintero leading strikes and resisting injustices. These efforts culminated in Mexico's first formal strike in 1905, which went on to inspire future labor movements in the region.
EL TRIUNFO
Florencia Guillén | 2014 | 10 min
El Triunfo, located in Baja California Sur, was once a prosperous mining town that imported pianos from Europe during its boom years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The presence of these pianos in such a remote and industrial setting serves as a symbol of the cultural and economic influences of that era. Guillén's work draws attention to these historical layers, using the pianos as a metaphor for the intersection of industrialization and cultural refinement. The pianos reflect the town's colonial past and its complex relationship with modernization and global trade. Through this piece, Guillén aims to reactivate latent memories associated with industrialization and social struggles in the region.
Instagram: @florenciaguillenbel
ABOUT B-LA-M:
B-LA-M is an initiative fostering collaboration between the creative communities of Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. After its initial exchange last June in Berlin, the program continues this fall in Mexico City, with the final leg set for Los Angeles in 2026. The initiative brings together 54 participating galleries to strengthen artistic connections across the three sister cities.
b-la-m.org
As part of this exchange, a two-night film screening features works from artists living and working in either Berlin, Los Angeles, or Mexico City and ranges from the surreal to the hauntingly poignant. The screenings will take place on April 9th at The Goethe-Institut and April 10th at The Mexican Consulate in LA, each featuring a separate program of unique works. Curated by Clemens Wilhelm, Juri Koll, and Andrea Paasch, and organized by Carl Baratta.
The program is made possible with support from The Goethe-Institut and The Mexican Consulate General LA.
Admission is free with RSVP
Public parking is available in the neighborhood surrounding the Mexican Consulate General.
@ The Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles - Thursday, April 10th, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
PROGRAM:
6:00 PM Doors open.
6:30 PM Welcoming + Introduction
6:45 PM Films from Berlin - LA - Mexico City
9:00 PM End of Event
FILM PROGRAM: BERLIN
SOLAIRE
Jessica Arseneau | 2022 | 15 min
Reminiscent of J.G. Ballard’s sci-fi short story "The Day of Forever" (1966), the film envisions a world where the sun remains motionless in the sky, transforming the experience of time and the very nature of rest. A voice-over accompanies images of slowly rolling fog, the peeling contours of a place of sleep, and the detailed structures of lichens and mosses, contemplating a lost state of dreaming—once an alternative to waking.
jessarseneau.github.io | Instagram: @jesssarseneau
TURTLENECK PHANTASIES
Gernot Wieland | 2022 | 17 min
The film tells the story of a writer who was born in Germany shortly before World War II. He wrote poems and worked as a sailor on a British cargo ship. In the 1980s he was committed to psychiatric clinics. In the homes he began tattooing words and drawings on the skin of his fellow patients.
gernotwieland.com
FILM PROGRAM: LOS ANGELES PROGRAM
VULNERABLE
Ulysses Jenkins | 2000 | 4 min
An art film by this acclaimed “artist’s artist” about the potential for solitude, violence, and loneliness in the City of Angels.
hammer.ucla.edu /exhibitions/2022/ ulysses-jenkins- without-your- interpretation
MARINE LAYER
Jason Jenn | 2021 | 3 min
An experimental film from the waters edge.
I WAS HERE
Cosimo Cavallaro | 2017 | 4 min
This is an archival film of one of Cavallaro’s earliest “Rooms”, made in Canada before he moved to New York and then LA, where he resides now.
cosimocavallaro. com
I'M EXPECTING
Kadri Koop | 2024 | 6 min
A film about a woman who is living in the anticipation of her dreams coming true.
SEA OF CHANGE
Osceola Refetoff | 2024 | 8 min
Sea of Change is envisioned as a perpetual work in progress. Using footage shot by Osceola Refetoff, and collected from places like NASA, it challenges us to look at sea level rise. The film will evolve with each new set of images and data. In the spirit of film director Kenneth Anger and the immortal words of Marcel Duchamp, the project will ever remain “definitively unfinished,”
FILM PROGRAM: MEXICO CITY
LINES IN THE WATER
Florencia Guillén | 2022 | 5 min
Florencia Guillén (Mexico City, 1978) centers her artistic practice on social observation and documentation, capturing everyday life and collective memory. Often examining the role of women in social movements, her work delves into themes of emancipation and narratives that challenge dominant histories. For this film, Guillén’s pieces address the Bellavista Textile Factory in Nayarit, a key site in Mexico’s early labor movements. Founded in 1841, the factory became a battleground for labor rights, with women such as Francisca and Maclovia Quintero leading strikes and resisting injustices. These efforts culminated in Mexico's first formal strike in 1905, which went on to inspire future labor movements in the region.
EL TRIUNFO
Florencia Guillén | 2014 | 10 min
El Triunfo, located in Baja California Sur, was once a prosperous mining town that imported pianos from Europe during its boom years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The presence of these pianos in such a remote and industrial setting serves as a symbol of the cultural and economic influences of that era. Guillén's work draws attention to these historical layers, using the pianos as a metaphor for the intersection of industrialization and cultural refinement. The pianos reflect the town's colonial past and its complex relationship with modernization and global trade. Through this piece, Guillén aims to reactivate latent memories associated with industrialization and social struggles in the region.
Instagram: @florenciaguillenbel
ABOUT B-LA-M:
B-LA-M is an initiative fostering collaboration between the creative communities of Berlin, Los Angeles, and Mexico City. After its initial exchange last June in Berlin, the program continues this fall in Mexico City, with the final leg set for Los Angeles in 2026. The initiative brings together 54 participating galleries to strengthen artistic connections across the three sister cities.
b-la-m.org
Location
Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles
2401 W 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90057
USA
2401 W 6th St
Los Angeles, CA 90057
USA