Fiction Talks #12

Emma Braso

Other projects
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, learn more
The United We Stand project imagines a non-existent Hollywood-style European blockbuster film, marketed as “a brilliant mix of espionage and sci-fi political stereotypes in which Europe, not the USA, saves the world from impending doom.” Through posters, a fabricated website, and a fictional backstory, the project presented a fictional movie to audiences worldwide. The promotional learn more

United We Stand (2005)

Eva & Franco Mattes
Anna Baumgart, Andrzej TurowskiFilm Script: Anna Baumgart, Florian Nowicki, Marcin Kowalewski, and Wiktor Rusin “Conquerors of the Sun” is a film project by Anna Baumgart that was realized in collaboration with art historian, avant-garde historian, and professor Andrzej Turowski. The learn more
Anna Baumgart, Andrzej TurowskiFilm Script: Anna Baumgart, Florian Nowicki, Marcin Kowalewski, and Wiktor Rusin “Conquerors of the Sun” is a film project by Anna Baumgart that was realized in collaboration with art historian, avant-garde historian, and professor Andrzej Turowski. The occasion for this joint project arose from a chance encounter at the Warsaw café “Nowy learn more

Zdobywcy słońca. Parowóz dziejów / Conquerors of the Sun. The Locomotive of History

Anna Baumgart
No Fun is a 15-minute video in which a simulated suicide was staged and the reactions of unsuspecting viewers were recorded. The performance took place on a popular website that connects random people worldwide for webcam-based conversations. In the video, learn more
No Fun is a 15-minute video in which a simulated suicide was staged and the reactions of unsuspecting viewers were recorded. The performance took place on a popular website that connects random people worldwide for webcam-based conversations. In the video, Franco appears hanging from a noose, swinging slowly in the artists’ New York studio. Thousands learn more

No Fun (2010)

Eva & Franco Mattes