Effi & Amir By The Throat

27 Nov 2020 - 29 Nov 2020

Effi & Amir By The Throat

Starting with what appears to be a routine security check at the entrance to Tel Aviv airport, By The Throat explores a more deeply engraved border, albeit an invisible one, that lies in our oral cavity and determines the sounds and words we are able to pronounce. We carry this border in us, that is designed by our mother tongue and the environment in which we grew up, becoming ourselves a mobile checkpoint wherever we are. Touring between different territories – sonic, anatomical and political – By The Throat highlights contemporary manifestations of the Shibboleth, a language test to determine whether or not you belong to a group. It is based on repeating a word or sound considered hard to pronounce by anyone from outside the linguistic community from which the shibboleth came. This type of test aimed at distinguishing “friend from foe” has been practiced since biblical times and is currently part of the procedures faced by asylum seekers in Europe in order to verify their stories. Machines determine whether the accents are correct, thus turning elocution into a veritable weapon of mass detection. Language saves or betrays, allows a person to be let in, indeed guarantees their survival or their exclusion. BIO Effi & Amir are visual artists who live in Brussels and work as a duo since 1999. Their work mostly involves video, performance and participatory strategies and often deals with collective identities, their construction and their relation to concrete places and symbolic systems. Apart from their own practice, they collaborate with other artists as editors, cameramen and effects designers. They teach and give video workshops to diverse audiences.   Presentation: Beursschouwburg - Kunstenfestivaldesarts - Cinema Galeries in the frame of News From Home A film by: Effi & Amir Camera: Effi & Amir Sound: Gedeon Depauw, Kwinten Van Laethem, Farhad Katrahmani, Lancelot Hervé-Mignucci Editing: Simon Arazi, Effi & Amir Sound editing: Kwinten Van Laethem Original soundtrack: Thomas Myrmel Research assistance: arp: Brussels Production: La chose à trois jambes Co-production: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Beursschouwburg, CBA – centre de l’audiovisuel à Bruxelles With the support of: VAF – Vlaams audiovisueel fonds, Ostrovsky Family Fund, Argos – centre for audiovisual art, Artport And the kind collaboration of: Prof. Bernard Harmegnies (Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Langage, Université de Mons), Professor Jo Verhoeven (City University of London & Antwerp University), Dr. Peter Knopp (Department of Phonetics, University of Trier), Prof. Peter L. Patrick (University of Essex), Dr Kevin Nolan (School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin)  
Powered By
Beursschouwburg

Beursschouwburg

20-28 Rue Auguste Orts, 20-28 1000

Beurs is very active in the Flemish cultural sector. Ideally located in the Centre town, it is the place to have a drink between friends or to party: concerts, projections, parties, etc

Read More

On the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in music and nightlife w/ VICE & The Belgian Pride

30 May 2024 - 30 May 2024

Stage Prise de parole en public

27 Feb 2025 - 27 Feb 2025

test

24 Jul 2028 - 24 Jul 2028

Ars Musica

22 Nov 2029 - 22 Nov 2029

Atelier de défense verbale

30 Mar 2030 - 30 Mar 2030

Midi d’Arts² avec Axel Everaert

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Rendez-vous soins et sons avec Olivier de Voghel

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Sylvia

26 Mar 2109 - 26 Mar 2109

Newsletter

Each week, new content in your mailbox

Newsletter

Découvrez plus de 12 000 adresses et événements

Profitez de toutes les sections de BrusselsLife.be et découvrez plus de 12 000 adresses et un grand choix d'événements, d'informations et de conseils et astuces de notre écriture.

Brusselslife.be
Avenue Louise, 500 -1050 Ixelles, Brussels,
02/538.51.49.
TVA 0472.281.221

Copyright 2024 © Brusselslife.be Tous droits réservés. Le contenu et les images utilisés sur ce site sont protégés par le droit d'auteur. la propriétaires respectifs.

www.brusselsLife.be/[email protected]