VERKSMIÐJAN HJALTEYRI

10-08-2024

FILM PROJECTION + Q&A

Strike or Die / Grève ou Crève (94 mín.)

Jonathan Rescigno

Strike or Die was premiered at the Berlinale 2020. Jonathan is also showing the video work 469 from 2015. // Strike or Die var frumsýnd á Berlinalnum 2020. Jonathan sýnir einnig vídeóverkið 469 frá 2015.

Strike or Die/Grève ou Crève synopsis/ágrip:

In his hometown, a former industrial site in Lorraine, Jonathan Rescigno follows individual people and draws loose connections between their stories. Two friends, sons of Arab immigrants, pass their time idling at local fairs and discos. Another man donates smoke grenades and helmets to the mining museum, mementos of miners' strikes in the 1980s and '90s. An older coach works with young boxers, training them for a fight. Archive material showing the escalating mining strikes separates these narrative threads. Little by little, relationships develops between the individual stories, with questions emerging about labour struggles, solidarity and the shifting meanings of these terms in the present day. Clouds of mist pass through the film again and again: across workers' estates, through the museum, past the back then headquarters of the mine. Is the struggle over, or it is still smouldering? Or is something altogether new gathering on the horizon?

Jonathan Rescigno was born in Forbach in 1980 in Moselle, a region of France marked by turbulent borders and social turmoil that are the building blocks of his work. After his education in art and cinema in Metz and in Strasbourg, he started out with short films and video installations.

Í heimabæ sínum, fyrrum iðnaðarsvæði í Lorraine, fylgir Jonathan Rescigno eftir nokkrum einstaklingum og tengir lauslega sögur þeirra. Tveir vinir, synir arabískra innflytjenda, eyða tíma sínum í rólegheitum á bæjarviðburðum og diskótekum. Maður nokkur gefur námusafninu reykhandsprengjur og hjálma, til minningar um verkföll námuverkamanna á níunda og tíunda áratugnum. Eldri þjálfari vinnur með ungum hnefaleikamönnum og þjálfar þá fyrir bardaga. Gögn af skjalasafni sem sýna stigmögnuð námuverkföll skilur að þessa frásagnarþræði. Smátt og smátt sjást tengsl á milli einstakra sagna og spurningar myndast sem snúa að kjarabaráttu, samstöðu og breyttri merkingu þessara þátta í nútímanum. Þokuský sigla í gegnum myndina, aftur og aftur: yfir heimili verkamanna, í gegnum safnið, framhjá þáverandi höfuðstöðvum námunnar. Er baráttunni lokið eða kraumar enn í henni? Eða er að safnast upp í eitthvað alveg nýtt?

Jonathan Rescigno fæddist árið 1980 í Forbach, Moselle en það er umdæmi í Frakklandi sem einkennist af miklu félagslegu umróti og róstusömum landamærum. Þættir sem eru undirbygging verka hans.Eftir menntun sína í myndlist og kvikmyndagerð í Metz og í Strassborg hóf hann feril sinn með gerð stuttmynda og vídeó-innsetningum.

"Kveldúlfur" CONCERT, Hymnodia chamber choir, Sigurður Flosason saxophone, Harald Skullerud, percussions, Ulla Pirttijärvi , vocals, Eyþór Ingi Jónsson,harmonium.

"Kveldúlfur" CONCERT, Hymnodia chamber choir, Sigurður Flosason saxophone, Harald Skullerud, percussions, Ulla Pirttijärvi , vocals, Eyþór Ingi Jónsson, harmonium.

CULTURAL NIGHT

Auður Jónsdóttir CULTURAL NIGHT 25.08.13

CIRCUS 12.06.2011

POETRY 11.06.2011

PERFORMANCE week-end

DANCE Anna Richards 15.05.10

Moira Tierney - FILM projections 22.08.09

Moira Tierney STRANDSIGLING FILM projections

Moira Tierney STRANDSIGLING film projections

Ódauðlegt verk um samhengi hlutanna eftir Steinunni Knútsdóttur 26.07.2009 Áhugaleikhús atvinnumanna

Þráinn Karlsson 25.07.2009

PERFORMANCE WEEK-END 10.07-2009: Ásdís Síf Gunnarsdóttir

Helgi Svavar Helgason, Davíð Þór Jónsson

Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Helgi Svavar Helgason, Davíð Þór Jónsson

Helgi Svavar Helgason, Davíð Þór Jónsson

Aðalheiður S. Eysteinsdóttir

PERFORMANCE WEEK-END 10.07-2009: Joris Rademaker

POETRY READING 20..06.2009 Einar Már Guðmundsson

POETRY READING Einar Már Guðmundsson

POETRY READING Kristján Pétur Sigurðsson og Þórarinn Hjartarson

SHOEBOX TOUR - 16.06.2009

WORKSHOP for CHILDREN 9-10. agust 2008

WORKSHOP CHILDREN & PARENTS 3. agust 2008

HYMNODIA choir - 29.07.2008

“Boy from Brazil” concert, Ghazi Barakat.
“Landnám” workshop for children.
“Hymnodia” concert, chamber choir.
“Shoeboxtour” circus, juggling, Jay Gilligan
“Ferðalag um framandi heima og landnám” workshop for children.
“Ljóðadagskrá með rokkuðu ívafi” Literature Night - public reading: Einar Már Guðmundsson
“Gjörningahelgi” Performance week-end : Àsdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Aðalheiður Eysteinsdóttir, Davíð Þór Jónsson.
“Ódauðlegt verk um samhengi hlutanna” theater : áhugaleikhús atvinnumanna, Steinunn Knútsdóttir.
“Gamli maðurinn og kvennmannsleysið” Böðvar Guðmundsson, performance lecture: Þráinn Karlsson.
“Strandsigling” film projection, Moira Tierney (Solus collective, Anthology Film Archives).
“Húslestur” poetry reading, Jón Laxdal Halldórsson.
“Tónlistargjörningur” performance, Hymnodia chamber choir.
“Sláturhús hjartans” performance Anna Richards
“Gjörningadagskrá” performance program, Aðalheiður S. Eysteinsdóttir, Hlynur Hallsson.
“Reimleikar – Húslestur frá 20 öld” public reading, poetry: Jóna H. halldórsdóttir, Hjálmar S. Brynjólfsson.
“Shoeboxtour” circus, juggling, Jay Gilligan.
“Ástarsetningar, Hljómorð” poetry reading & music : Margrét Lóa Jónsdóttir, Páll B. Szabo.
“Jesús Kanína” performance, Helgi þórsson.
“Helgi og hljóðfæraleikararnir” concert, Helgi Þórsson.
“Keðjuverkun” workshop for children & parents..
“Uppáhaldslög” concert, Kristján Pétur.
“Óvinafagnaður” Einar Kárason, performance lecture : Skúli Gautason.
“SPACE, opEN HOUSE” workshop with the students of Akureyri School of Arts.
“Hjalteyri Music Festival" concerts: Guðmundur Kristjánsson.
“Teleportation/long distance vision“ Mental video performance : Joseph Marzolla, Luigia, Riva, Julie Coutureau.
“Factory experimental music minifest“ concerts, Reptilicus, Re-pete and the wolfmachine, Dick Vegas & the Dirty Papas “cultural night at Hjalteyri“ public reading & exhibition , Angela Rawlings, Auður Anna Kristjánsdóttir, Síta Valrún, Auður Jónsdóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir & Þórarinn Leifsson.
"STREKKINGUR¨ drawing workshop with the students of Akureyri School of Arts.
"DELTA TOTA" workshop with the School of Art & Design of Le Havre-Rouen, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris, School of Arts of Annecy and Akureyri.
"NordIC LIGHT/Pohjoinen Valo" workshop with young artists of Nordic countries
"Musical Juggling" circus, juggling, Kyle Driggs, Jay Gilligan.
"Fukl" poetry reading, music and drawing performance.
"UPPI OG NIÐRI OG ÞAR Í MIÐJU" concert, Anna Jónsdóttir
"TURTLE FILM FEST" film projection
"VEÐURSKIP LÍMA" concert
"coyote club" concert
"A-Gjörningahátíð / Performance festival " performance program in collaboration with Akureyri Museum.
" Litla ljóðahátíðin, Bréf frá Norðausturríki" poetry reading.
"Tangósýning" tango lessons : Anna Breiðfjörð, Ásdís Arnardóttir.
"Kveldúlfur" concert, Hymnodia chamber choir, Sigurður Flosason saxophone, Harald Skullerud, percussions, Ulla Pirttijärvi , vocals, Eyþór Ingi Jónsson, harmonium.

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