On April 19th 2024, R(a/u)pture presents a unique program in the former slaughterhouse of Hasselt. For the first time in history, the old factory hall serves as a cinematic chamber, welcoming seven alternative works from distinct regions around the world.
Danielle Siembieda employs emerging technologies as a new media artist to explore the sublime entanglement of humankind, nature, and technology, as revealed specifically by the climate crisis and recent radical innovations in science. Her work is a form of cyborg-eco-feminist, science-fiction, rooted in real discoveries, that works to articulate new hybrid forms of living and being at these liminal borders.
Dates:
Saturday, May 11, 2024 - 18:00 to Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 15:00
Theme: (Re) Cover StoryDaily front pages across platforms circulate crisis, desperation and disasters, fueling division and despair. Our focus fragmented, analysis paralyzed, we struggle to discern urgent news from narratives designed to mask them. War, post-pandemic economic doom, scarcity, conflicts, inflation, deficit, unregulated AI, climate apocalypse, displacement and new wars broadcast a hopeless reading of our times.
Established in the 2000s and has held The South Award—Chinese Films Competition since its 3rd edition, The South Taiwan Film Festival (STFF) and the Competition aim at encouraging filmmakers, regardless of their gender, race or nationality, who are dedicated to issues concerning the Chinese community, as well as offering the audience film works that embody multi-perspective, radical, avant-garde and innovative spirits.
