“Metalosis Maligna” is a short film by Belgian artist and filmmaker Floris Kaayk. The film is a speculative fiction that explores the potential consequences of technological advancements in the field of medical prosthetics. The film depicts a fictional disease called “Metalosis Maligna,” which is caused by a malfunctioning medical implant. The video opens with a series of scientific-sounding statements about the disease, including MRI scans and microscopic images of metal implants. It then introduces a series of characters who claim to have the disease, each with their own unique symptoms and experiences. The disease causes the implant to take on a life of its own, growing and mutating until it takes over the patient’s body entirely. The film is shot in a dark and eerie style, with a soundtrack of ominous and unsettling sounds. It uses a combination of live-action footage and computer-generated imagery to create a surreal and nightmarish world in which the disease takes hold. The medical implants depicted in the film are grotesque and surreal, resembling metallic plant life that grows and spreads across the patient’s body. “Metalosis Maligna” is a commentary on the potential dangers of advancing medical technology and the risks inherent in using prosthetics and implants in the human body. It also explores the blurring of boundaries between the natural and artificial, and the potential consequences of these technological advancements on the human body and the concept of the self.
Agnieszka Polska’s video, in broad strokes, references Paweł Freisler, a Polish artist who primarily worked in the 1960s and 1970s. Freisler moved to Sweden in the late 1970s and seemingly abandoned his artistic practices in favor of tending to his learn more
Agnieszka Polska’s video, in broad strokes, references Paweł Freisler, a Polish artist who primarily worked in the 1960s and 1970s. Freisler moved to Sweden in the late 1970s and seemingly abandoned his artistic practices in favor of tending to his garden. Freisler is mainly known for his storytelling art – an ephemeral practice that involved learn more
Garden
Agnieszka Polska
Apparently, gays were always a pain in the ass of a polish-ed catholical society. Even today, but especially in 2007, the Polish public space and mass media portrayed them as bearers of subversive ideas. It made Karol Radziszewski thinking, “”What learn more
Apparently, gays were always a pain in the ass of a polish-ed catholical society. Even today, but especially in 2007, the Polish public space and mass media portrayed them as bearers of subversive ideas. It made Karol Radziszewski thinking, “”What if we, as LGBTQ+ individuals, were a genuine threat to society?” “. As an openly learn more
Fag Fighters, 2007
Karol Radziszewski
One of Jacek Malinowski’s most renowned works, in which he first employed the “theory and practice of the fake documentary film.” The HalfAWoman triptych was created between 2000 and 2008. The film portrays the everyday life of Joan, a woman learn more
One of Jacek Malinowski’s most renowned works, in which he first employed the “theory and practice of the fake documentary film.” The HalfAWoman triptych was created between 2000 and 2008. The film portrays the everyday life of Joan, a woman afflicted with a rare condition known as Pelvic Degeneration Syndrome (PDS), which causes half of learn more
HalfAWoman
Jacek Malinowski
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