The Sound of Bombs ● Shashwati Talukdar
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Descripción:
The Sound of Bombs' is a meditation on war and the act of recovering pain and guilt in its' aftermath. Using found footage from WWII propaganda films and travelogues about Japan from the 1950s, and video shot in contemporary Japan and Taiwan.
Duración: 3:00 min.
Año de producción: 2013
País: Taiwan – Estados Unidos
Shashwati Talukdar:
Shashwati Talukdar grew up in India where her engagement with theatre and sculpture led to filmmaking, and a Masters degree from the AJ Kidwai Mass Communication Research Center in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She developed an interest in American Avant-Garde film and eventually got an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University, Philadelphia (1999). Her work covers a wide range of forms, including documentary, narrative and experimental. Her work has shown at venues including the Margaret Mead Festival, Berlin, Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Kiasma Museum of Art and the Whitney Biennial. She has been supported by entities including the Asian Cine Fund in Busan, the Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts among others. She just finished a feature length documentary, 'Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!' and is making a film about mural paintings of Garhwal, a project supported by the India Foundation for the Arts.
Filmography
Wall Stories Experimental Documentary. 40 min. 2014
The Sound of Bombs Experimental/Installation. 2013
Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! Feature length documentary. (With P. Kerim Friedman) 2011
Antonymy Experimental/Installation. 2011
Euthanized Narrative. 1 min. 2010
Lucky Strike Found footage experimental film. 1 min. 2010
Slow Afternoon Taipei Station I-phone animation. 1 min. 2010
I Have a Dream Music Video 3 min. DV 2007 (With Theresa Thanjan)
Acting Like a Thief Documentary 15min. DV. 2005 (With P. Kerim Friedman)
The Bench 1 min. DV. 2005. (With Olga Humphrey)
Bollywood Terror Experimental 2:30 min. DV. 2004
Eunuch Alley Narrative 21 min. 35 mm col. 2003
Tahini and Tears Narrative 10 min. DV. 2003
Mahasweta Devi: Witness, Advocate, Writer Documentary 27:30 min. DV. 2001
RetroAction Experimental 5:30 min. 16 mm col. 1998
Snake-Byte Experimental 9:30 min. Video. 1997. (With Dina Mendros)
Unable to (Re)member Roop Kanwar Performance 16 min. Video. 1997
Ravings of a Geometry Lover Experimental 1:30 min. Video. 1996
My Life as a Poster Experimental 7:30 min. Video. 1995
Ruminations and Advice from Dr. Abbey Experimental 3:12 min. Video. 1995
Any Number You Want Experimental 7:48 min. Video. 1994