‘26. out of competition
2024 | France/Benin | 45’by Marina Russo Villani & Victor Missud
BLOOMING
Blooming tells the story of the water hyacinth, introduced to Ganvié, Benin by an individual as an ornamental plant for hotels and luxury homes. In this waterlogged region, steeped in local legend and once a refuge from slave traders, we follow the life cycle of this alien species - from beauty, to curse, to resource. The film is suffused with imagery of magical realism and underscored by a powerful musical score.
June 5 | 19:00 | Droog
+ aftertalk Bogna Bochińska
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Bogna Bochińska is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. Her research interests include elemental media, blue humanities, environmental memory, folklore, and identity. She is part of the Fuck Healing (?) collective, which operates across multidisciplinary theories and artistic practices of healing. In her PhD project, she conceptualizes the European river Oder as a site for memory-making in the context of environmental personhood and West Polish identity. In her work, she engages with creative research practice in the form of auto-theoretical storytelling.
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+ aftertalk Bogna Bochińska
︎︎︎get your tickets︎︎︎
Bogna Bochińska is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. Her research interests include elemental media, blue humanities, environmental memory, folklore, and identity. She is part of the Fuck Healing (?) collective, which operates across multidisciplinary theories and artistic practices of healing. In her PhD project, she conceptualizes the European river Oder as a site for memory-making in the context of environmental personhood and West Polish identity. In her work, she engages with creative research practice in the form of auto-theoretical storytelling.
