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GRAFTING SELF
(UK Premiere)
19.03.2023 and 22.03.2023

Part of the Ethereal Existence shorts programme at BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Festival 2023.

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SENTIENT BEINGS
(Online Premiere)

Extended screening of SENTIENT BEINGS is available to stream online below.

The film was largely produced at Hof Cassiopeia stables and features one of  horses as the protagonist.

SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone.

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SENTIENT BEINGS refers to the sensory and emotional perception in existence and of living beings, addressing moments of being together and being alone. The video-piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines of choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as in/voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.

Direction, Choreography, Performance:

Ian Kaler

Music, Soundtrack:

rRoxymore

Video Design, Video Editing:

Dafne Narvaez Berlfein

Color Grading:

Caio Soarez

Technical Direction Installation:

Noam Gorbat

Coaching:

Jane Palmer

Training:

MTM

Production Management:

Sarie Nijboer (Berlin), das Schaufenster (Vienna)

BERLIN CREW

Assistant Direction:

Dafne Narvaez Berlfein

Cinematography:

Ethan Folk

Light Designer:

Francisco MeCe

Horse:

Joblesco

Horse Trainer:

Janina Maria Fieml / Hof Cassiopeia

VIENNA CREW

Cinematography:

Diara Sow

Gaffer:

Nick Prokesch

Best Boy Grip:

Sebastian Bauer, Marco Tölzer

Horse:

Aragon

Horse Trainers:

Schottenhof Zentrum für tiergestützte Pädagogik – Integratives Reiten und Voltigieren

Special thanks to Uferstudios and Hof Cassiopeia

Ian Kaler is supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance.

The video piece develops a layered and subtle dramatic suspense, embedded in an eerie and absorptive soundtrack by music producer rRoxymore. Blurring the lines between choreography and non-verbal storytelling SENTIENT BEINGS circles around the fall as (in)voluntary gesture in the surrender to co-exist.

For its initial release, SENTIENT BEINGS was conceived as a site-specific video installation and premiered on 18 Dec at the riding hall of stable Hof Cassiopeia.