North American Premiere
Taking an installation by Argentine textilsts Chiachio & Giannone as a point of departure, director Agustina Comedi (Playback, MODES ‘19) stages a queered rendition of a strict national folk dance, the “Pericón.” This new choreography opposes its traditional steps and resists the inherent ideology of conquest baked into the notion of ‘homeland’.
Community Partner
Argentina
2024
In Spanish with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Sandra Rojas
Screenwriter
Agustina Comedi
Cinematography
Benjamín Ellenberger
Editor
Ezequiel Salinas
Original Music
Violeta García
Agustina Comedi
Agustina Comedi (1986, Argentina). Scriptwriter and filmmaker. She holds a degree in Literature. In 2017, her debut film Silence is a Falling Body (2017) premiered at IDFA. Her short film, Playback (2019) was part of the Berlinale Shorts Competition in 2020, where it won the Teddy Award. It was also awarded Best Short Film in the Mar del Plata Film Festival and Entrevues Belfort. She is currently working on her second and third films.
Photo by Catalina Bartolomé
Chiachio & Giannone
Chiachio & Giannone are Argentine visual artists. Leo Chiachio (1969, Buenos Aires) and Daniel Giannone (1964, Córdoba). Their work translates the knowledge of painting into the field of textile arts and it is framed within political debates about new family models and LGBTQ+ issues. Their work has been part of national and international exhibitions. Among these, The Emilio Caraffa Fine Arts Museum (Córdoba, 2014), the Museum of Art and Design (NY, 2014), Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2015), Cité International de la Tapisserie d’Aubusson (2016) MOLAA, California (2019) and Antre Peaux, Bourges (2022) among others.
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