![]() It’s a grim, twisty little film that’s worth the time and attention that it requires. Much of the film’s effectiveness comes from not knowing what’s going on, or even what’s real, at a given moment While not as challenging or transgressive as Deadgirl, Faceless certainly doesn’t fit the mould of a normal thriller or horror film. ![]() ![]() “It’s one of those films that the less you know going in the better you’ll enjoy it. Some may be disappointed with the lack of boundaries being pushed, but not every project from every filmmaker needs to startle or confront.” The Hollywood News There’s no huge stylistic flourishes, but this is a film that isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel, and it’s far more concerned with letting the story speak for itself. “Technically, Faceless isn’t very showy, focusing more on being structurally sound and put together. While its finale is slightly convoluted Faceless will certainly keep audiences guessing until its fight or flight conclusion.” Bloody Flicks “ Faceless feels plucked out of the Cronenberg guide to body horror with a sprinkle of noir for good measure. Published on The beauty of technology lies in your ability to opt out if you so choose. In the film ‘faceBOOK’, artist Eva-Maria Raab considers the absurdity of social media networks, as she uses the silhouettes of profile pictures to create a physical social network in the pages of a blue book.With no end in sight and nobody to turn to but a mysterious woman named Sophie (Alex Essoe), George must overcome his flashbacks, unexplained daily occurrences and a persistent, masked stalker to put the pieces together before it’s too late… The loss of privacy experienced via social media networks is also explored in the exhibition. Given the balaclava’s associations, Tkačenko explores the iconography of terrorism and violence as well as the idea that any person-regardless of their background (gender, ethnic, religious or other)-can choose to commit a radical act in the public sphere. The artist, like Lodigiani, appears masked with the balaclava covering her entire face except for her mouth and eyes. In ‘Handicraft’ (2011), we see the artist Saša Tkačenko in the process of knitting and unraveling a woven balaclava. Through this, she asserts her presence and viewers are forced to confront their own preconceptions and prejudices in a public space. Lodigiani wears a burka with only her eyes visible, effectively concealing her identity and willingly othering herself. Nezaket Ekici: ‘Gravity,’ 2007, video still // Courtesy of the artistĬontrastingly, in her film ‘This is not me, this is also me’ (2011), Vanessa Lodigiani sits opposite Marina Abramović during her performance ‘The Artist is Present’ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Here artists Jakob Lena Knebl and Thomas Hörl merge aesthetics rooted in expressionist silent film with the iconography of Frankenstein‘s monster, examining beauty standards and their deconstruction but also dealing quite literally with this fear of the other. Elsewhere, this sense of “monsterization” or othering is made literal in ‘Beat and the Pulse’ (2013). She repeats the circular motion until she is completely lost underneath the garments, alluding to the fact that individuals often become lost within these political debates. Nezaket Ekici, for example, shows her film ‘Gravity’ (2007), in which we watch the artist wrap her headscarf. Combined, these social forces-unconsciously or not-have heightened our fear of the unknown, or as this exhibition proposes, the faceless. Tales of stolen equipment, technical sound setup issues, missed flights, fallings out with management/promoters and cancelled tours are impossible to. Since 9/11, we’ve witnessed countless politicized movements aimed at banning burkas and headscarves in public spaces, facial recognition technology is now used without consent, and various types of surveillance are omnipresent in the public realm. Fans of The Faceless may have been justifiably nervous about making travel arrangements to Dublin city for tonight’s debut Irish live performance by the Los Angeles based prog metal outfit. ![]()
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