Maria Korporal’s videos WANDEL and The Wishing Table take part in the Frome International Climate Film Festival, Frome, UK, on May 19, 2024.
climate crisis
I only drink organic fresh pasture milk
A kitten drinks milk and joyfully spreads its arms because it is drinking organic pasture milk. It closes its eyes to the carton that ends up in the rubbish on the water.
We think we are being environmentally conscious when we consume organic products from the supermarket. Whether the origin is really as sustainable as the packaging promises and where the packaging ends up – we turn a blind eye to that.
title: I only drink organic fresh pasture milk (orig: Ich trinke nur Bio frische Weidemilch)
technique: Experimental video, charcoal animation
length: 0’47”
year: 2024
sound: drinking cat by J-Luc, traffic and bird sounds by bmoreno
concept, camera, drawing, animation, effects and montage: Maria Korporal
© Maria Korporal 2024
Screenings:
• May 3 – June 14, 2024: Wash my fur, but don’t make me wet, GG3 / Group Global 3000, Berlin
Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti 2023
Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti – VI edition 2023
Dust | Reflections on the Relationship between Man and the Environment
Art on environmental themes from 2 to 16 December 2023
Villa di Massenzio and the Mausoleum of Romulus, Rome
The project, promoted by Roma Capitale – Assessorato alla Cultura, is the winner of the biennial Public Notice “Culture in Motion 2023 – 2024” curated by the Department of Cultural Activities and realised in collaboration with SIAE; with the collaboration of Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, museum services of Zètema Progetto Cultura. Under the Patronage of the Municipality of Rome VIII and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security. Organisation Neworld ETS Association.
Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti VI edition 2023, under the artistic direction of Antonietta Campilongo, will be inaugurated on Saturday 2 December at 10 a.m., at Villa di Massenzio and the Mausoleum of Romulus.
Website of the project (in Italian)
Maria Korporal participates with her videos . unending . (with a poem by Daìta Martinez) and WANDEL, scheduled for Sunday December 3, 2023, 11:30, in the Mausoleum. In addition, she exhibits her interactive work Tree Travelling from 2 to 16 December in the exhibition in the Mausoleum of Romulus.
Re:Think GAIA Festival
Video Art Miden collaborates with Re:Think GAIA Festival 2023, a festival dedicated to earth, nature and the environment, organized by Re:Think Project to take place on 24 and 25 of June 2023 at FarmaFifaPermaculture, Iroon Politechniou, Kalamata, Greece.
Video Art Miden participates presenting 2 video art programs that deal with environmental and eco-social issues, curated by Gioula and Olga Papadopoulou, introducing artists from 11 countries.
Maria Korporal participates with her videos Breathing Bags and WANDEL.
Earth calling…| Curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou| Duration: 62 min
Is anybody in???
- Maria Korporal, Breathing Bags, Germany 2021, 3.18
- Özgür Demirci, The Abandoned, Turkey 2022, 6.46
- Sara Bonaventura, Iconoplast, Italy 2021, 8.00
- Shahar Marcus, Smoke cloud, Israel 2022, 5.13
- Jeroen Van der Stock, Lake Laram, Japan 2022, 5.00
- Susanne Wiegner, Bellevue, Germany 2020, 7.00
- Alkistis Kafetzi & Aristotelis Chaitidis, Goddess, Garbage & Violence, Germany 2022, 12.39
- Fran Orallo, nearby beaches, UK 2022, 3.40
- Teresa Prati, The Land after Time, Norway-Italy-Germany 2022, 9.42
Plan(et) Β| Curated by Gioula & Olga Papadopoulou| Duration: 65 min
Is there a plan B when it comes to saving planet Earth? Is there a way to preserve our world as we know it? Or is it true that “those who want the world to remain as it is, do not want it to remain”* at all?
[*phrase by Erich Fried (1921-88), Austrian writer]
- Timothy Thomasson, I’m Feeling Lucky, Canada 2023, 6.00
- Charlie Tweed, How Can We Escape, UK 2021, 3.58
- David Witzling, A Random Walk Through the Latent Space, USA 2021, 6.21
- Nate Dorr, Light Leak, USA 2021, 8.20
- Katia Sophia Ditzler, WHAT YOU WILL HAVE SEEN, Germany 2022, 3.00
- Mario Gutierrez Cru, WORLDHOUSE – I. Artworks, Spain 2020, 10.15
- Maria Korporal, WANDEL, Germany 2022, 3.38
- Kayla Parker + Stuart Moore, Cadence, UK 2022, 3.02
- Yue Cheng, White Night, France 2022, 5.22
- Pierre Villemin, 36000, France 2022, 6.28
- Andrea Bordoli, Requerimiento, Switzerland 2020, 8.08
You may download the list of participating artists/works in pdf here
Info and full program: https://rethink-project.gr/
Inheritance Spring Film Festival
Maria Korporal’s video The Wishing Table has been selected for the Inheritance Spring Film Festival, Northern Ireland’s Festival of Arts & Environment. From the more than 1,500 videos submitted, 70 were selected and will be shown on various TV channels.
“The Wishing Table” is scheduled for Wednesday 24th and Monday 29th of May, each day in two different programs: one starting at 6pm on Latest TV, available in Brighton and surrounding areas on Freeview 7, Virgin Media 159 and livestreaming anywhere from thelatest.co.uk, and another one starting at 10pm on NVTV, available in Belfast and surrounding areas on Freeview 7, Virgin Media 159 and livestreaming anywhere from nvtv.co.uk
NB Hours in time zone London, England
Full schedule of all videos:
Monday 22nd
6pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
13 Metres
All Among the Bison
Spirit of the Great Heart
Ondes – underwater orchestra
Red Harvest
Plantasia
Lunt Meadows: Wetland Wonderland
The Speech of Txai Surui
The BioSur Foundation – Preserving Costa Rica’s Wildlife
Cut-outs
Doing It For Love: Still Moon Arts; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
The Noise
The Great Green Wall of Brighton
Tuesday 23rd
6pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
Just Listen
Padraig
Fiadh à Fireach (The Hind)
An Ecology of Everything: Plants, Folklore, The Climate and Love.
Earthfall
D.R.E.A.M.
Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick
Terrestrial Spirits
Sweet N’ Salty
Wildflower
Doing It For Love: Vines Art Festival; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Somewhere
Wednesday 24th
6pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
Living on the Threshold
Bonfires
Seed Cycle
to my dying mother
Extinction
Birds? What Are They Good For?
The Life and Times of Jenah
Dingo Conservation
Cygnus Synthetic
Wildfire
The Bus
The Wishing Table
Climate Emergency
Thursday 25th
6pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
Laura
Moving Day
Doing It For Love: Cedar Bark Hat Weaving; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Bo and Trash
Discarded
Manimondo
Trees and Ice
Faldur
Idjanga, the gorilla forest
Friday 26th
9pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
The Apology
Killing Myself Laughing
Nubecita
The Elusive Purpurea Vulpavis
The Figure of Unconscious Mind
TR333
Eating Habits
How Blue is Your Ocean
RATP Pizza Robot
Dry Hand
Doing It For Love: Collaborative Creative Dance; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Turbulent Waters
FLOAT
M’Hamid Oasis Morocco
Ark
Selkie
crowd
Saturday 27th
9pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
Plasticene
Inner Light
Doing It For Love: Echo Park Film Centre North; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Conclusions
Mediterranean 2100
Dancing Trees
13 Metres
All Among the Bison
Spirit of the Great Heart
Ondes – underwater orchestra
Red Harvest
Plantasia
Lunt Meadows: Wetland Wonderland
Sunday 28th
9pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
The Speech of Txai Surui
crowd
The BioSur Foundation – Preserving Costa Ricas Wildlife
Cut-outs
Doing It For Love: Still Moon Arts; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
The Noise
The Great Green Wall of Brighton
Just Listen
Padraig
Fiadh à Fireach (The Hind)
An Ecology of Everything: Plants, Folklore, The Climate and Love.
Earthfall
D.R.E.A.M.
Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick
Terrestrial Spirits
Sweet N’ Salty
Wildflower
Doing It For Love: Vines Art Festival; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Somewhere
Monday 29th
6pm (Latest TV) | 10pm (NVTV)
Living on the Threshold
Bonfires
Seed Cycle
to my dying mother
Extinction
Birds? What Are They Good For?
The Life and Times of Jenah
Dingo Conservation
Cygnus Synthetic
Wildfire
The Bus
The Wishing Table
Climate Emergency
Tuesday 30th
6pm (Latest TV) | 11.30pm (NVTV)
Laura
Moving Day
Doing It For Love: Cedar Bark Hat Weaving; Stories from Creative Communities in a Global Pandemic
Bo and Trash
Discarded
Manimondo
Trees and Ice
Faldur
Idjanga, the gorilla forest
The Wishing Table
The video above is a short trailer. The full video “The Wishing Table” is 4:10 long and is shown in screenings and exhibitions, or upon request.
The Wishing Table in the famous Grimm brothers’ fairy tale is covered with food and drink after one speaks the magic formula “Little table, spread thyself!”. This video proposes a series of very recent formulas or key concepts like sustainable agriculture, food waste reduction, permaculture, and many more. All these ideas refer to sustainable agricultural and biological cultivating methods, as well as sustainable distribution and consumption systems, as viable alternatives to the current disastrous industrial food production, distribution and consumption practices. The video is a vivid animation of charcoal drawings which proceeds along lines of a natural food production, distribution and consumption cycle. It ends with an abundant Grimm-like palette of healthy food.
title: The Wishing Table
technique: Experimental video, charcoal animation
length: 4’10”
year: 2023
sound: field recordings, public domain
concept, camera, drawing, animation, effects and montage: Maria Korporal
© Maria Korporal 2023
Screenings and selections:
• December 6-8, 2024: CINECO Festival Internacional de Cine y Ecología, Alicante, Spain.
• November 30 – December 14, 2024: Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti – VII edizione 2024, curated by Antonietta Campilongo, Villa di Massenzio, Rome.
• November 30, 2024: Pinus Sessions, Casa de Liège, São Paulo, Brazil.
• November 15, 2024 – January 12, 2025: Lines Fiction 2024, Kunstraum Kreuzberg – Bethanien, Berlin.
• November 11-17, 2024: accordi @ DISACCORDI – International Short Film Festival, Naples, Italy.
• September 8-14, 2024: FICASC – Serra Catarinense International Environmental Film Festival, Lages, Urubici, Urupema and São Joaquim, Brazil.
• July 19 – August 16, 2024: Qlimate Qronobot. AI and the Future of Our Planet. Solo exhibition by Maria Korporal in GG3 / Group Global 3000, Berlin.
• June 29, 2024: Festival Miskigliamoci, Catasta, Italy.
• June 5-9, 2024: Vision 2030 – Cinema ecosostenibile, Teatro Tina Di Lorenzo, Noto (Sicily), Italy.
• May 19, 2024: Frome International Climate Film Festival, Frome, UK.
• April 12 – May 5, 2024: UPDATE 24, Galerie VBK Berlin.
• December 4-10, 2023: Festiverd 2023: En Clave Vídeo, Festival Internacional de Cine y Vídeo Verde de Venezuela.
• November 30 – December 3, 2023: ICONA Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece.
• November 5-11, 2023: AIU Film Festival, Jahra, Kuwait.
• October 26, 2023: Festival Film Bahari 2023 “Shifting Tides – Navigating Climate Change”, Jawa Barat, Indonesia.
• August 23-27, 2023: Food Film Fest, Bergamo, Italy.
• May 21-31, 2023: Inheritance Festival 2023, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• May 5 – June 16, 2023: The Good Life, GG3 / Group Global 3000, Berlin
Keep in touch to be informed about screenings!
Dreaming of a White Christmas
The famous song “Dreaming of a White Christmas” reveals in this video work some of its particular ominous aspects. Can we reasonably, in a world endangered by climate change, wars and energy crisis, still coherently wish for ourselves the beauty and warmth of snowy and relaxing December celebrations?
The inflatable snowman refers to the banality of Christmas consumerism. But at the same time, the animated drawings affirm the uniqueness of human dreams despite their being ephemeral, like a snowflake over the fire.
Screenings:
• October 2023: Vertical Movie Festival, Isola Tiberina, Rome.
• December 3-17, 2022: KrisenFEST, Werkstadt Berlin.
title: Dreaming of a White Christmas
technique: Experimental video, digital animation and charcoal animation
length: 2’16” (loop)
year: 2022
© Maria Korporal 2022
Klimakipppunkte 2022
KLIMAKIPPPUNKTE: Climate Tipping Points – exhibition in Gallery VBK
28.05. – 19.06.2022
Opening: Friday 27.05.2022, 19 h
Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler
Schöneberger Ufer 57, 10785 Berlin
vbk-art.de
Participating artists:
Tom Albrecht, Conrad Brockstedt, Barbara Czarnojahn, Lupe Godoy, Rosika Janko-Glage, Maria Korporal, Lina Schobel + Paul Reßl, Andrea Streit + Nancy Happ, Burchard Vossmann, Helga Wagner
In their work, the artists deal with the causes and effects of climate change – the forms of expression are completely individual and range from painting, collage, video and installation to conceptual art. The result is a very complex exhibition on a virulent topic – exciting, stimulating for discussion and entertaining at the same time.
The project is funded by GMS Immobilia KG.
Maria Korporal shows her interactive video installation Emergency Call Center and her video work Emergency Call.
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- Emergency Call – video
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- Emergency Call Center – installation
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Emergency Call Center
Recent exhibition: November 30 – December 14, 2024: Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti – VII edizione 2024, curated by Antonietta Campilongo, Villa di Massenzio, Rome.
Emergency Call Center is an interactive multimedia installation. The starting point for it was the video Emergency Call (2019), in which I present some impressions from the summer of 2017 in Berlin, which was marked by heavy rainfall. The final scene of the video shows an old, rusty telephone with an endless, unanswered ringing.
Extreme climatological events, which take place all over the world, should be a warning sign to large industry and governments. My hope is that humanity will respond to Earth’s emergency call and not let the phone rust in the water.
In 2020 I have begun to expand the work into an installation with multiple videos and sound. It is a work in progress and thus will continue to be expanded and changed. The focus is an interactive telephone that you can listen to and answer. When you speak into the telephone receiver, the video images change. I want to emphasise that you can actually change something if you respond to the earth’s emergency call and become active yourself.
© Maria Korporal, 2019-2022
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- Emergency Call Center – installation
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- Emergency Call – video
Exhibitions:
• November 30 – December 14, 2024: Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti – VII edizione 2024, curated by Antonietta Campilongo, Villa di Massenzio, Rome.
• November 6-27, 2022: FIVE FOR 12, Galerie mp43, Berlin.
• May 27 – June 19, 2022: KLIMAKIPPPUNKTE, Galerie VBK Berlin.
Some impressions during the exhibition Nuvola Creativa Festival delle Arti – VII edizione 2024:
Some impressions during the exhibition FIVE FOR 12:
Tree Travelling. Boom the Boom!
Trailer for my interactive video project Tree Travelling: Boom the Boom!
New presentation:
• December 2-16, 2023: Festival Nuvola Creativa, curated by Antonietta Campilongo, Villa di Massenzio, Rome.
The original version of my interactive installation consists in a monitor with a video of the world map full of airplanes flying contemporary, generated from a real-time radar view. In front of the monitor there is a small tree trunk. Moving it you fill the surface of the world with growing trees, while the airplanes disappear slowly – the more you move the tree trunk, the more the earth becomes green and the less becomes the air traffic.
Another meaning of the word “boom” is “tree”, in my mother tongue Dutch. Therefore my slogan is: Boom the Boom!
click on the image to open the page of the whole project
When I wrote the concept of this work, we were in the middle of a global tourism boom. The tourism boom brought economic growth, but the damages were severe, especially from an ecological point of view. Almost all cheap international mass travels were flights. It was alarming when you realized how many airplanes were in the air right now and how much CO2 was emitted every moment.
But then, in March 2020, the world was rapidly overwhelmed by coronavirus and most countries went in lockdown. The tourism boom collapsed in no time. The airplanes disappeared and the sky became clearer.
I went back to the real-time radar view of the airplanes and generated a new video. The difference between the two videos is impressive. Do we really need this bloody coronavirus to make the sky clearer and the earth healthier?
This new version (2021) of my installation is a pure online version and thus can be played by everyone in the world. I created two situations: pre-corona and post-corona, and you can choose in which one you want to enter.
The work was presented from 19th to 21st June 2020 as part of the festival 48 Stunden Neukölln in Berlin, and on July 15-25, 2021 at the 5° Festival Ecrã, Brazil.
