COOK, EAT & CLEAN – Ritual of Disobedience 

SAT 28 NOV

Hitting my Head on the World 

Director: Anna Vasof

Format: Short Film

Duration: 13 min

Short description

Hitting one´s head upon a wall is a worldwide known gesture. Desperate people who do not know what to do next might hit their heads against walls. This is not always literal. It is more often a metaphor for not knowing how to get around a strong sense of frustration. But if we observe this movement as an instrument, a hopeless action begins to transform into an absurd repetition. In the compositions, my head is played as an instrument in multiple contradictory locations and creates an audiovisual urban „landscape“ of the world.  But be mindful: This camera does not show us the world as it is. Anna Vasof reminds us with her every strike of a hard-hitting truth, namely that we only see things as we are.

BIO

Anna Vasof is an architect and media artist. Born in 1985, she studied architecture at the University of Thessaly (2010) in Greece and Transmedia Art (2014) at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Since 2004 her videos and short movies have been presented in several festivals, some of them were receiving awards. She´s currently working on designing and building innovative mechanisms for producing critical videos, actions, and installations.

Credits

Music: Heinz Riegler, Anna Vasof

Editing: Anna Vasof

Sound engineering: Fotis Rovolis, Markus Pagisch

Performer: Anna Vasof

Editorial Department: Judith Revers, Christoffer Koller

Supported by: BKA – innovative film, ORF III