“The Movement of Ideas” is the first comprehensive screening of all films by Oliver Ressler. Since 2000, Ressler has created 15 films, which all will be presented at Cinema Dynamo, a cinema space initiated by Andrea Bellini, the new director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, Switzerland.
The philosopher Alain Badiou writes: “We have to overturn the old verdict that would have us believe we are living in the age of the ‘end of ideologies’. We can now see quite clearly that the only reality behind their so-called ‘end’ is ‘Save the banks’. Nothing could be more important than rediscovering the passion for ideas, or than contrasting the world as it is with a general hypothesis, with the certainty that we can create a very different order of things. We will contrast the wicked spectacle of capitalism with the real of peoples, with the lives of peoples and the movement of ideas.” (The Communist Hypothesis, 2010)
“The Movement of Ideas” for the first time brings together all of Ressler’s films that focus on different social movements and struggles of people for a self-determined life. By merging the fields of art and activism, the works seek to discuss political ideas, support progressive social processes, project alternative ways of how to organize society and therefore contribute towards the needed systemic change.
April 9, 2013, 7:00 PM: Screening 1: Capitalist Economy
“The Bull Laid Bear”, 24 min., 2012 (with Zanny Begg)
“Robbery”, 1’31’’, 2012
“The Fittest Survive”, 23 min., 2006
“Socialism Failed, Capitalism is Bankrupt. What comes Next?”, 19 min., 2010
With an introduction to the film program by Oliver Ressler, followed by a conversation with Federica Martini
May 14, 2013: Screening 2: Democracy
“What Is Democracy?”, 118 min., 2009, French version
June 18, 2013: Screening 3: Occupation
“Take The Square”, 89 min., 2012
Screening 4: The Movement of the Movements
“This is what democracy looks like!”, 38 min., 2002
“Disobbedienti”, 54 min., 2002 (with Dario Azzellini)
“What Would It Mean to Win?”, 40 min., 2008 (with Zanny Begg), French version
Screening 5: The Bolivarian Process (1)
“Venezuela from Below”, 67 min., 2004 (with Dario Azzellini)
“5 Factories–Worker Control in Venezuela”, 81 min., 2006 (with Dario Azzellini)
Screening 6: The Bolivarian Process (2)
“Comuna Under Construction”, 94 min., 2010 (with Dario Azzellini), French version
Screening 7: Beyond Legality
“Rote Zora”, 28 min., 2000
“Border Crossing Services”, 51 min., 2001 (with Martin Krenn)
“The Right of Passage”, 19 min., 2013 (with Zanny Begg)