Lav Diaz's 'Phantosmia' makes it to Venice Film Festival, stars Janine Gutierrez, Hazel Orencio, and Ronnie Lazaro
Lav Diaz's Phantosmia marks as his 8th film to join the 81st Venice Film Festival's out-of-competition section.
Lav Diaz’s eight film to join one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Phantosmia is an official out-of-competition entry in the upcoming La Biennale di Venezia.
Officially announced yesterday as one of the films to join the out-of-competition entry in the upcoming Venice Film Festival, Lav Diaz’s newest film ‘Phantosmia’ stars Janine Gutierrez, in her first Lav Diaz film.
Diaz’s first…
I’m excited to share these special works from my travels, walks and hikes around Provence, to other artists' inspirational works. Some of these paintings will be on exhibition later this month in France.
The above painting, Passageway (180x150 cm, 71x59 in), was inspired by navigating through rocky pathways and contemplating on Pierre Bonnard's influence of Japanese art. During this time I had seen the Bonnard et le Japon exhibition at Caumont Centre D'Art in Aix-en-Provence. this is a short instagram clip above.
The above painting, Weaving Through (180x150 cm, 71x59 in), was inspired by revisiting Point Sublime in the Gorge du Verdon. Point Sublime was where I ended a transformative hike last year. I approached this painting with Wanderer above the Sea of Fog in mind; a painting by the German Romanticist artist, Caspar David Friedrich, in 1818. His painting has been interpreted as an emblem of self-reflection or contemplation of life's path, and the landscape is considered to evoke the sublime. This inspired Weaving Through.
The Washout (170x200 cm, 68x78 in) was inspired after taking a walk this spring through fields of flowers and crops in the farmland of Provence. Off of the cliff was a river that had washed out the bank of an apple orchard. It seems strange to have these two ideas of flourishing and destruction right next to one another. One can’t live without the other. Rejuvenation is a common theme in my work.
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Warmly,
Karen Silve
Also, if you are in Venice…
On View Now in Venice
through November 2024
Palazo Mora - Strada Nova, 3659, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
Images from the Personal Structures: Beyond Boundaries opening in Venice. Photo credits go to Federico Vespignani, CleliaCadamuro and Matteo Losurdo.
Allora & Calzadilla, Otobong Nkanga in
From Ukraine: Dare to Dream
Official Collateral Event, presented by Victor Pinchuk Foundation
Palazzo Contarini Polignac
Dorsoduro
he's honestly 10 times more beautiful in person his eyes are soo blue his smile is so pretty and sweet he has the softest voice and he's so kind and nice i'll never recover i miss him already 🥺🩵
Russian soldiers given their chance to speak at Venice @/la_Biennale.
"In Russia, they are these heroes who never die. In the West, they are mostly war criminals, war criminals, war criminals," the Russian-Canadian director told reporters ahead of the premiere of her film "Russians at War".
Trofimova said she saw no signs of war crimes during her time near the front. "I think in Western media, that's what Russian soldiers are associated with at this point, because there were no other stories. This is another story," she said.
She obviously had overlooked events such as the bombing of Kyiv's children's hospital, widely condemned as a war crime. Trofimova also did not address the realities faced by Ukrainians living under Russian occupation in the regions she visited, raising concerns about the legality of her presence there under Ukrainian law.
"Since the beginning of the war on February 24, 2022, there have been a lot of bridges destroyed between Russia and the West," she said. "I would like this film to be maybe not a bridge, but at least a rope I can throw across and to help us see each other."
Her remarks underscore a glaring omission: the voices of Ukrainians. Her comments frame the war solely through the lens of Russian-Western relations, with little regard for the lived experiences of those in Ukraine, suggesting a narrative that ignores their suffering entirely.
—United 24 Media