Directors Lounge Screening
Txema Novelo
Double Program
Thursday, 22 February 2018
21:00
Z-Bar
Bergstraße 2
10115 Berlin-Mitte
Double Feature
*Déjalo Ser*
+ *Tercer Ojo, Tercer Mente, Tercer Mundo*
Txema Novelo from Mexico City is joining us for a
Berlinale special to present a double feature of
his new film "Déjalo Ser" together with
compilation of music videos that he created for
alternative rock musicians in Mexico. Since
Novelo started creating super-8 films for a punk
music label he has managed in Mexico City, he
expanded his creative production in an
exponential curve; with making his own films, and
with exhibitions of drawings and installations.
Novelo's production at the same time stays
faithful to his own spirit, and you could
truthfully say, spiritual search for life, art,
music and an alternative way to look at the
world, which at the same time is mixed with irony
and a good portion of humor.
"Déjalo Ser" (Let it be!) is the story of a Rock
Mexican band, who's lead singer is suffering from
a lack of inspiration. After a mysterious meeting
with a foreign singer, the band embarks with her
on a journey to Oaxaca in search of a mysterious
psychoactive medicine. A trip inspired by Antonin
Artaud exile into Mexico, a search for a
primitive, deeper and purer reality.
Shot on Super 8mm with sync dialogues, this
guerrilla style road movie, plays homage to
George Kuchar's films and transgression cinema in
a unique Mexican way. Produced by LE FRESNOY
under the tutelage of invited artist and film
legend Bela Tarr, 'Let it be' has accomplished in
the first six months of its completion a special
mention at the Morelia International Film
Festival, and a selection for international
competition at Clermont Ferrand 2018 in France.
"Tercer Ojo, Tercer Mente, Tercer Mundo" (Spanish
for: Third Eye, Third Mind, Third World) is a
selection of recent videos for musician, Novelo
has supported for many years. They are shot in
different formats of super-8, 16mm, 35mm film and
digital video. The films, and the music, are
inspired by a desire for life and identity in a
world of media domination, capital and crime,
without ever taking things too seriously. They
are full of iconographical quotes to rock and pop
of the era that rock music still had a promise,
and if it was the three minute fame promoted by
Velvet Underground (or Andy Warhol), or when
music was "my religion". On the other hand, to
the German audience and between the lines, they
also show, a great deal of Mexican life and urban
culture from the perspective of contemporary
youth. Their relation to nature and Mexican
popular culture, and the reality of urban live
become the backdraft for audiovisual imaginations.
Txema Novelo will be present and will be available for Q after the show.
Artist Link:
http://www.txemanovelo.com/
https://issuu.com/txemanovelo
Links:
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email: kl...@richfilm.de
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