HACKING THE FUTURE

Guli Silberstein / United Kingdom, Poland / 2022 / European Premiere / 12 min.

synopsis

This experimental film presents a kaleidoscopic and psychedelic composition of digitally modified images thematizing mainly nature, the human body, and machines. Silberstein draws his inspiration from video games and cybernetics theory resulting in futuristic meditation. The sci-fi atmosphere is made complete with electronic music by sound artist Łukasz Szałankiewicz.

“In Silberstein’s works, the image error or glitch is always representative, a phantasmagoric presence of sorts, evoking the spiritual, the political, the intimate, the human: it’s the activity of mankind at its most critical, involved in war, conflict, acts of resistence, but also in the intimate, the tender and its relation with nature.” (José Sarmiento-Hinojosa)

---
Source: Found Footage Magazine no. 6, march 2020

biography

Guli Silberstein (* 1969) graduated from Media Studies at The New School in New York. His artistic work can be characterized by its combination of digitally modified personal videos and found footage, socio-political subtext, and use of modern technologies for new art forms. He currently works in London.