The Green Monster @ THE HUB

08-12-2010

At the HUB Amsterdam (Westerstraat 187, Amsterdam - 020 4274283): screening of the film "The Green Monster in Amsterdam Noord". In the context of "Green Wednesdays": a once a month event organized by the HUB and EKOSOFIA. Screening and discussion of "The Green Monster in Amsterdam Noord" and the implications of "Otherness" in our lives.

Entrance: €5

Program:

19h00: reception
19h30: presentation of the project The Green Monster by Marta Pisco
20h00: screening of the film The Green Monster in Amsterdam Noord (subtitled in English and in Dutch)
20h45: discussion and drinks + slide show of the Project's photos

Trailer

While I can't figure out how to have the full image on my blog, please click HERE.

photos of the film's premiere: 28th August 2010 @ KijkRuimte

The film was shown at 20h15. There were about thirty people present: which is pretty much the maximun capacity of KijkRuimte's screening room. After the screening, people could appreciate the photo exhibition and have a drink + a piece of chocolate cake and a smoke at the garden... Reactions were greatly enthusiastic. People that have been following the project say that there has been a great leap forward with this Monster adventure. It became better technically and artistically, going deeper and more directly to what really are the Green Monster's intentions.

 

In the KijkRuimte I made a sort of retrospective of the Green Monster project so far: images from Aleppo, Beirut (the flyers and posters) a brief story of how the project started, sketches from the making of the costume... There was also a map of Amsterdam with my notations and photographic research, and a recreation of the "confession corner": give me a story, I'll give you a cookie. On the opposite wall and going all the way into the corridor, one could see an extended exhibition of Nuno Santos' excellent photos together with Tabitha Kane's beautiful text about the Monster. On a TV screen, Susanna's Brenner initial "ferry footage" was shown in a loop. 

flyer / poster

28th August: Premiere film The Green Monster in Amsterdam Noord

During a week last May, I walked in Amsterdam Noord as a Green Monster. I covered almost all neighborhoods in Noord. People's reactions were filmed.

A rough cut was shown to the local community twice in the last months. Discussions followed.

A final edited version collecting material from the shooting and the following discussions is to be seen next Saturday the 28th at the Kijkruimte, in Amsterdam Noord.
The film is a reflection on the nature of human relationships, the desire to belong and our connection with the Other. It also shows Amsterdam Noord in it's full glory: popular, warm, rough, true.

I would love to see you there! Come and enjoy it with me.

 

A project in collaboration with KijkRuimte.

With the support of Amsterdam's Fonds voor de Kunst and Gemeenten Amsterdam Stadsdeel Noord.

 

A special thanks to Merel Willemsen, Tabitha Kane, Samar Shalaan, Floor van Doorn, Henk Ras, Chris Keulemans, Mark Jansen, Felix Ritter, Susanna Brenner, Petra Ardai, Luc and Zsofi van Loo, Jelle Kuiper, Maaike Smeels, Reuben Wijnberg.

Photos by Nuno Santos 20/21 May

The Green Monster on TV!

here! watch it until the end:

Green Cookies at Van der Pekstraat

Today I tried to lure passers by to come in and have a cookie in exchange for their views on Amsterdam Noord. I wasn't too lucky: in front of the  next house a truck was parked all day, so people where just walking around, missing my board:

I used my time to go on mapping the territory, and that's how it looks like by now:

Anyway, there's more cookies from where that one came from. Drop by another day!

Interview

Two weeks ago I was interviewed by Floor van Doorn for Buurtleven.nl. Here is the result! In Dutch... Enjoy!

Project description

A project by Marta Pisco in collaboration with Daniela Paes Leão. A Kijkruimte production, supported by the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunsten.

The Green Monster  will be in Amsterdam Noord in May 2010. On an artist residency at the Kijkruimte, collecting video still lives, interviews, and impressions - to re-map Amsterdam Noord and film it.
A few locations will be chosen to unveil the "rough twin sister" of Amsterdam... on the other side of the water. The filming period will be between the 17th and the 23rd May.

On the 29th of May a rough cut will be shown at the VrouwenBazaar, followed by a debate.

On the 28th of August the final cut will be shown at the Kijkruimte.

Metamorphosis