Experimental films by Aykan Safoğlu & Sylvia Schedel. Queer Migrations & Diasporic Intimacies Series

STILL FROM MEMORIES (SYLVIA SCHEDELBAUER, GERMANY/JAPAN, 2004)

Experimental films by Aykan Safoğlu & Sylvia Schedelbauer
Wednesday, November 7 at 6:00 pm
Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway, 6th floor

Aykan Safoğlu (Germany/Turkey) and Sylvia Schedelbauer (Germany/Japan) present a selection of their archival footage films encompassing a Turkish homage to James Baldwin and a retrieval of unremembered interracial intimacy.

Working across film, photography and performance, Aykan Safoğlu makes open-ended enquiries into cultural belonging, creativity and kinship, including the forging of speculative histories of famous figures such as writer James Baldwin, or artists Paul Thek and Ulay. Born in Istanbul, Safoğlu studied at Universität der Künste, Berlin, and Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Among others, he was a resident at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam and, most recently, a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.

Born in Tokyo Sylvia Schedelbauer moved to Berlin in 1993, where she studied at the University of Arts Berlin. Her award-winning films negotiate the space between broader historical narratives and personal, psychological realms mainly through poetic manipulations of found and archival footage. Selected screenings include Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, London Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Robert Flaherty International Film Seminar and Stan Brakhage Symposium.