North American Premiere
As a point of departure for Anna Vasof, a survey of the damage left by a flood in her parents’ house reveals a simple yet multilayered work about memory, loss, and how we deal with the past.
Austria/Greece
2022
In Greek with English subtitles
Featured in:
MODES 2
Looking closer at archival images and stories from the past, these artists re-examine and re-create to establish history anew. A daring mix of approaches that excavate new ways of seeing old perspectives.
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Credits
Cinematography
Anna Vasof
Editor
Anna Vasof
Director
Anna Vasof
Anna Vasof is an architect and media artist. Born in 1985, she studied architecture at the University of Thessaly in Greece and transmedia art at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 2004, her videos and short movies have been presented in several festivals, some of them receiving awards. She is currently working on designing and building innovative mechanisms for producing critical videos, actions, and installations.