Interview with the Pistol, 2023Interview with the Pistol, 2023Interview with the Pistol, 2023Early sketchesInterview with the Pistol, 2023Exhibition “We show what we (don't) know - images as research” in Japanese Palaise of the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD)Rüstkammer, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
A female researcher questions a 17th century pistol from her feminist perspective. The Turk's head, with which the pistol is decorated, answers her questions and asks her back:
“Why don’t you look at me through the lens of my time and not yours?”
This film work was presented at the exhibition "We show what we (don't) know - images as research". The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Leipzig HGB class “Expanded Cinema” and the research department of the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD).
Written and staged by Natalia Zaitseva
Performer: Alena Starostina
Camera: Anna Pronina
Video editing: Yana Isaenko
Voice of the Pistol: Nico Carlier
Scientific advisor: Stefano Rinaldi (SKD)
Sound recording: Ivan Nikolaev
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