Short film: "Auf dieser Seite der Gleise / De partea asta a șinelor" by Zauri Matikashvili

 

The Georgian artist Zauri Matikashvili, who lives in Münster, is filming on behalf of the HMKV in Dortmund's Nordstadt district, where he investigated questions of housing and neighbourhood development and shed light on the strategies of Roma self-organizations. The result is a documentary short film in which Roma speak about their traditions and about their experiences with racist prejudice and discrimination. What is the connection between the spatial planning of the district, the architecture and individual housing? How do the residents arrange themselves in their neighbourhood? How do they wish it to be? And do they succeed in shaping their environment according to their own needs? The camera follows their perspectives, looks at the facades and behind them.

In his films and performances, Matikashvili asks what identity and migration mean and how societies function in detail – or not. The short film will be presented online on the HMKV's website.

Language: German/Romanian with German subtitles

 

Zauri Matikashvili

Born and raised in Kvareli, Georgia, Zauri Matikashvili has lived in Germany since September 12, 2003, 9:53 am. He studied fine arts in Münster and Düsseldorf. In his films and performances he asks what identity and migration mean and how societies function in detail – or not. Filmography: „Ahnen“, Trilogy, 2019, [Part 1] Exsternsteine (37:40), [Part 2] Wewelsburg (13:09), [Part 3] Hermannsdenkmal (13:31); „Corona Rebellen“, 2020, 48:30 Min.

www.zauri.de

 

The accompanying programme of "Faţadă/Façade" is funded by:

Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung